Cerro Machín

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Cerro Machín is a small but highly explosive stratovolcano in central Colombia, known for its potential to produce large, hazardous eruptions despite its modest size.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cerro Machín canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
composition andesitic to dacitic magma ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Andean Region of Colombia ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 150 km west of Bogotá ⓘ
elevation approximately 2750 m ⓘ
eruptionFrequency low frequency, high impact ⓘ
eruptionPotential plinian eruptions ⓘ
eruptionProducts ash falls ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive ⓘ
geologicalAge Quaternary ⓘ
governedBy municipality of Cajamarca ⓘ
municipality of Ibagué ⓘ
hasActivity fumarolic activity ⓘ
seismic unrest episodes ⓘ
hasCrater yes ⓘ
hasFeature caldera ⓘ
lava domes ⓘ
hasVolcanicHazardMap yes ⓘ
hazardLevel high ⓘ
hazardType pyroclastic density currents ⓘ
tephra fallout ⓘ
volcanic mudflows ⓘ
isConsidered one of the most potentially dangerous volcanoes in Colombia ⓘ
knownFor highly explosive eruptions potential ⓘ
large hazardous eruptions despite small size ⓘ
lastEruption Holocene ⓘ
locatedIn Central Colombia ⓘ
linked to: central Colombia

Tolima Department ⓘ
locatedNear Cajamarca fault system ⓘ
monitoredBy Servicio Geológico Colombiano ⓘ
monitoringStatus permanent instrumental monitoring ⓘ
mountainRange Cordillera Central ⓘ
nearbyCity Cajamarca ⓘ
Ibagué ⓘ
partOf Colombian Andes ⓘ
Colombian volcanic belt ⓘ
riskTo infrastructure in Tolima Department ⓘ
nearby rural communities ⓘ
surroundedBy densely populated agricultural valleys ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate ⓘ
threatens agricultural areas around the volcano ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ
volcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andean Volcanic Belt → contains → Cerro Machín ⓘ
Los Nevados volcanic complex → hasPart → Cerro Machín ⓘ
Los Nevados volcanic complex → contains → Cerro Machín ⓘ