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Nevado del Huila

Nevado del Huila (Spanish pronunciation: [neˈaðo ðel ˈwila]) at 5,364 metres (17, 598 ft) is the highest volcano in Colombia, located at the tripoint of the departments of Huila, Tolima and Cauca. It is visible from the city of Cali. The andesitic volcano is located on top of the Ibagué Batholith. After being dormant for more than 500 years, the volcano showed heavy signs of activity in 2007 and 2008. As of February 20, 2007, there were more than 7,000 "minor" seismic events, and a high state of alert was in place for the departments of Cauca, Huila, Caldas and Valle del Cauca. The volcano erupted twice in April 2007, once in April 2008 and again in November 2008. Any eruption would affect the small villages around the volcano, mostly Páez, where the inhabitants still have in memory the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano that caused the Armero tragedy.

Glacier data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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