summit crater Arenas

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Summit crater Arenas is the main volcanic crater at the peak of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz stratovolcano, known for its role in past explosive eruptions and associated hazards.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic crater
associatedWithEvent 1985 Armero tragedy
linked to: Armero tragedy
contains active vents
crater floor
fumaroles
inner cones and domes
country Colombia
countryCode CO
coveredBy glacier remnants
ice cap
diameter about 0.6 miles
about 1 kilometre
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 17457 feet
about 5321 metres
eruptionStyle explosive
phreatic
phreatomagmatic
gasEmissionType carbon dioxide
sulfur dioxide
geologicalAge Quaternary
hasActivity gas emissions
persistent fumarolic activity
seismic unrest
hazardType glacial meltwater floods
lahars
pyroclastic flows
tephra falls
lastEruptionFrom Nevado del Ruiz 1985 eruption
locatedIn Andes
Cordillera Central
Nevado del Ruiz
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Caldas Department
Tolima Department
locatedOn glaciated volcano
stratovolcano
monitoredBy Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Manizales
Servicio Geológico Colombiano
nearbySettlementAtRisk Armero (destroyed in 1985)
Chinchiná
Manizales
Mariquita
Villamaría
partOf Nevado del Ruiz
partOfVolcanicArc Northern Andes volcanic zone
shape roughly circular
tectonicSetting subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate
volcanoTypeOfHost stratovolcano

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Nevado del Ruiz hasFeature summit crater Arenas