Cumbal Volcano
| Cumbal | |
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| Volcán Cumbal | |
 Cumbal in 2011 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,764 m (15,630 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,575 m (5,167 ft) |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 0°56′56″N 77°53′17″W / 0.949°N 77.888°W / 0.949; -77.888 |
| Geography | |
| Location | Colombia |
| Parent range | Nudo de los Pastos, Western Ranges Andes |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Andesitic stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | December 1926 |
Cumbal is a stratovolcano of the Caribe Terrane, located at the Nudo de los Pastos in Nariño, Colombia. It is the southernmost historically active volcano of Colombia and is together with Chiles and Azufral one of the few volcanoes of the Western Ranges. The volcano is dominated by andesites.[1]
Plane crash
On January 28, 2002 TAME Flight 120 struck one of the sides of the volcano while in a go-around approach to Tulcán. There were no survivors among the 94 occupants.
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See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cumbal Volcano.
- ^ Plancha 447-447bis, 2003
Bibliography
- Parra, Eduardo, and Marta Velásquez. 2003. Plancha 447 Ipiales & 447bis Tallambí - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.
External links
- "Cumbal". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
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Source: Wills, Fernando; et al. (2001). Nuestro patrimonio – 100 tesoros de Colombia [Our heritage – 100 treasures of Colombia] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. pp. 1–311. ISBN 958-8089-16-6. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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