Cumbal is a
stratovolcano of the
Caribe Terrane, located at the
Nudo de los Pastos
Nudo de los Pastos, in English meaning "Knot of the Pastos" or also known as the "Massif of Huaca", is an Andean orographic
Orography is the study of the topographic relief of mountains, and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a r ...
in
Nariño,
Colombia. It is the southernmost historically active volcano of Colombia and is together with
Chiles and
Azufral
Azufral is a stratovolcano located in the department of Nariño in southern Colombia, west of the town of Túquerres. It is the only volcano of the Western Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Its name derives from the Spanish word for sulfur, ''a ...
one of the few volcanoes of the
Western Ranges. The volcano is dominated by
andesite
Andesite () is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition. In a general sense, it is the intermediate type between silica-poor basalt and silica-rich rhyolite. It is fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic in texture, and is composed predo ...
s.
[Plancha 447-447bis, 2003]
Plane crash
The volcano was the crash site of
TAME Flight 120, which struck one of its sides while in a go-around approach to
Tulcán :''"Tulcan" is also an alternative spelling of tulchan''
Tulcán () is the capital of the province of Carchi in Ecuador and the seat of Tulcán Canton. The population of the city of Tulcán was 47,359 in the 2001 census and 53,558 in the 2010 ...
on January 28, 2002. There were no survivors among the 94 occupants.
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See also
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List of volcanoes in Colombia
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Colombia.
See also
* List of earthquakes in Colombia
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
* Geology of Colombia
References
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List of volcanoes by elevation
References
Bibliography
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External links
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Andean Volcanic Belt
Mountains of Colombia
Stratovolcanoes of Colombia
Quaternary South America
Quaternary volcanoes
20th-century volcanic events
Active volcanoes
Geography of Nariño Department
Four-thousanders of the Andes
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