El Escondido (Spanish for "The Hidden One") is a
volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...
of the
Central Ranges
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Andes
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in the department of
Caldas. The volcano is approximately high.
The volcano, a
pyroclastic
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ring, was discovered in the
Selva de Florencia National Natural Park in
Samaná,
[Ortiz Ángel, 2015] in 2013 based on volcanic products of the volcano, different from those of
San Diego
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to the northeast.
[Monsalve, 2015] The volcano formed approximately 30,000 years ago.
[Geólogos encontraron nuevo volcán en Caldas]
- El País
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The volcano overlies the
Early Eocene
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Florencia Stock.
[Mapa Geológico de Caldas, 1999]
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
A list (incomplete) of volcanoes on Earth arranged by elevation in metres.
6,000 metres
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Below 1,000 metres
From its base on the ocean floor
A list (in ...
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Mountains of Colombia
Volcanoes of Colombia
Andean Volcanic Belt
Geography of Caldas Department