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Volcán Sotará

Elevation
4,580 m
#744
in the world
#26
in Colombia

Volcán Sotará is a volcano in Colombia, rising to 4,580 m, the 26th highest we list in Colombia, part of the Cordillera Central.

Range
#5 in the range
Nearest town
37 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Volcán Sotará

Volcán Sotará lies in Colombia, in Cauca Department.

Key facts

Elevation
4,580 m (15,026 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Volcano
Region
Cauca Department
Coordinates
2.109, -76.591

How it ranks

Among peaks in Colombia
#26of 32
LargestSmallest
In the Cordillera Central
#5of 6
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#744of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Pico de Paletará4,605 m31 km
Nevado del Huila5,365 m111 km
Volcán Galeras4,276 m131 km
Volcán Azufral4,070 m170 km
Nevado de Cumbal4,764 m193 km
Chiles4,723 m208 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Volcán Sotará.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
PopayánColombia318,05937 km
IsnosColombia24,59344 km
PatíaColombia37,78152 km
Villa RicaColombia18,76154 km
PiendamoColombia44,00059 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.