summit crater Arenas

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Summit crater Arenas is the main volcanic crater at the peak of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz stratovolcano, known for its role in past explosive eruptions and associated hazards.

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summit crater Arenas canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic crater ⓘ
associatedWithEvent 1985 Armero tragedy ⓘ
linked to: Armero tragedy
contains active vents ⓘ
crater floor ⓘ
fumaroles ⓘ
inner cones and domes ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
countryCode CO ⓘ
coveredBy glacier remnants ⓘ
ice cap ⓘ
diameter about 0.6 miles ⓘ
about 1 kilometre ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 17457 feet ⓘ
about 5321 metres ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive ⓘ
phreatic ⓘ
phreatomagmatic ⓘ
gasEmissionType carbon dioxide ⓘ
sulfur dioxide ⓘ
geologicalAge Quaternary ⓘ
hasActivity gas emissions ⓘ
persistent fumarolic activity ⓘ
seismic unrest ⓘ
hazardType glacial meltwater floods ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
tephra falls ⓘ
lastEruptionFrom Nevado del Ruiz 1985 eruption ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
Cordillera Central ⓘ
Nevado del Ruiz ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Caldas Department ⓘ
Tolima Department ⓘ
locatedOn glaciated volcano ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
monitoredBy Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Manizales ⓘ
Servicio Geológico Colombiano ⓘ
nearbySettlementAtRisk Armero (destroyed in 1985) ⓘ
Chinchiná ⓘ
Manizales ⓘ
Mariquita ⓘ
Villamaría ⓘ
partOf Nevado del Ruiz ⓘ
partOfVolcanicArc Northern Andes volcanic zone ⓘ
shape roughly circular ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate ⓘ
volcanoTypeOfHost stratovolcano ⓘ

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Nevado del Ruiz → hasFeature → summit crater Arenas ⓘ