Nevado del Ruiz
volcanic mountain in Colombia
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Summary
Nevado del Ruiz is a volcano[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of volcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,321 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Caldas Department[3], Tolima Department[4], Murillo[5], Villamaría[6]
- Country: Colombia[7]
- Continent: South America[8]
- Instance of: glacier[9]
- Made from material: andesite[10]
- Commons category: Nevado del Ruiz[11]
- Significant event: first ascent[12], last volcanic eruption[13]
- Native label: Nevado del Ruiz[14]
- Elevation above sea level: 5389 m[15]
- Time period: Pleistocene[16]
- Topographic prominence: 2035 m[17]
- Volcano observatory: Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Manizales[18]
- Mountain range: Cordillera Central[19]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Disaster management[20], WikiProject Mountains[21], WikiProject Volcanoes[22], WikiProject Colombia[23], WikiProject Glaciers[24]
- Age estimated by a dating method: 2,000,000 years[25]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Nevado del Ruiz include 22195 Nevadodelruiz[26], an asteroid[27].
Why It Matters
Nevado del Ruiz has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for it include 22195 Nevadodelruiz[26], an asteroid[27].