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Nevado El Cisne
Nevado El Cisne is located in Colombia
Nevado El Cisne
Nevado El Cisne
Location in Colombia
Highest point
Elevation 4,636 m (15,210 ft)
Parent peak Nevado del Ruiz
Listing Los Nevados National Natural Park
Geography
Location Caldas & Tolima
 Colombia
Parent range Central Ranges
 Andes
Geology
Mountain type Basaltic lava dome
Volcanic belt North Volcanic Zone
 Andean Volcanic Belt

The Nevado El Cisne (English: The Snowy Swan) is a volcano in the Central Ranges of the Andes in Colombia. Its summit is at an altitude of 4,636 metres (15,210 ft). The mountain is one of the five lava domes of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano complex. Despite the nevado part of the name, indicating a permanently snow-capped mountain, the summit of El Cisne is now below the permanent snow line as a result of global warming, and it is no longer considered a true nevado. 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.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Paramillo el Cisne para niños

  • List of volcanoes in Colombia
  • List of volcanoes by elevation
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