El Escondido
Appearance
El Escondido | |
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Volcán El Escondido | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,700 m (5,600 ft) |
Listing | Volcanoes of Colombia |
Coordinates | 05°31′10.1″N 75°02′36.5″W / 5.519472°N 75.043472°W |
Geography | |
Location | Samaná, Caldas Colombia |
Parent range | Central Ranges, Andes |
Geology | |
Rock age | Late Pleistocene (<30,000 years) |
Mountain type | Pyroclastic ring |
Volcanic belt | North Volcanic Zone Andean Volcanic Belt |
Last eruption | Prehistoric |
El Escondido (Spanish for "The Hidden One") is a volcano of the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes in the department of Caldas. The volcano is approximately 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) high.
The volcano, a pyroclastic ring, was discovered in the Selva de Florencia National Natural Park in Samaná,[1] in 2013 based on volcanic products of the volcano, different from those of San Diego to the northeast.[2] The volcano formed approximately 30,000 years ago.[3] The volcano overlies the Early Eocene Florencia Stock.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Ortiz Ángel, Sandra Victoria (2015), El Servicio Geológico Colombiano descubre volcán en el oriente de Caldas (PDF), Servicio Geológico Colombiano, p. 1, retrieved 2017-09-24
- Monsalve, María Luisa (2015), Entrevista a la geóloga María Luisa Monsalve sobre el volcán El Escondido, La Patria, pp. 03:25, retrieved 2017-09-24
Maps
[edit]- Gómez, J.; Montes, N.E.; Nivia, Á.; Diederix, H. (2015), Plancha 5-09 del Atlas Geológico de Colombia 2015 – escala 1:500,000, Servicio Geológico Colombiano, p. 1, retrieved 2017-09-24
- González I., Humberto (1990), Mapa Geológico de Caldas 1:250,000, INGEOMINAS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-09-21