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Santa Isabel ( es, Nevado de Santa Isabel) is a
shield volcano A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a warrior's shield lying on the ground. It is formed by the eruption of highly fluid (low viscosity) lava, which travels farther and forms thinner flows than the more v ...
located in Tolima,
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
, southwest of Nevado del Ruiz volcano. The volcano is located over the Palestina Fault, that crosscuts the underlying El Bosque Batholith of Eocene age, dated at 49.1 ± 1.7 Ma.Plancha 225, 1998González, 2001, p.50 __TOC__


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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 {{South America topic, state=uncollaps ...
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List of volcanoes by elevation A list (incomplete) of volcanoes on Earth arranged by elevation in metres. 6,000 metres 5,000 metres 4,000 metres 3,000 metres 2,000 metres 1,000 metres 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 Polygenetic shield volcanoes Geography of Tolima Department Four-thousanders of the Andes Holocene shield volcanoes {{Colombia-geo-stub