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Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano

Elevation
5,214 m
#493
in the world
#10
in Colombia

Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano is a volcano in Colombia, rising to 5,214 m, the 10th highest we list in Colombia.

Nearest town
28 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano

Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano lies in Colombia, in Tolima Department.

Key facts

Elevation
5,214 m (17,106 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Volcano
Region
Tolima Department
Coordinates
4.889, -75.316

How it ranks

Among peaks in Colombia
#10of 32
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#493of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Nevado del Ruiz5,300 m1.0 km
La Piraña Volcano4,600 m3.6 km
La Olleta Volcano4,875 m4.2 km
Nevado del Cisne4,700 m6.1 km
Nevado Santa Isabel4,950 m9.6 km
Paramillo de Santa Rosa4,600 m19 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
VillamaríaColombia35,30228 km
LíbanoColombia39,45928 km
ManizalesColombia434,40329 km
ChinchináColombia68,51234 km
PaduaColombia19,31134 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.