List of volcanoes in Colombia
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| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
| meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
| Azufral Azufral Azufral is a volcano located in the department of Nariño in southern Colombia, west of the town of Túquerres. Its name derives from the Spanish word for sulfur, azufre. The volcano is considered semi-dormant but there are numerous fumaroles in the summit crater... |
4070 | 13,353 | 1.08°N 77.68°W | 930 BC ? |
| Cerro Bravo Cerro Bravo Cerro Bravo is a stratovolcano located in Tolima Department, Colombia, north of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.- Eruptive history :As with many volcanoes in the region, Bravo's eruptions are often characterized by a central vent eruption, followed by an explosive eruption and pyroclastic flows... |
4000 | 13,123 | 5.092°N 75.30°W | 1720 ± 150 years |
| Cerro Machín Cerro Machín Cerro Machín is a stratovolcano located in Tolima Department, Colombia. Cerro Machin is a volcanic plug that is approximately the same age as the Ruiz-Tolima Massif and has the appearance of being part of that volcanic system... |
2650 | 8694 | 4.48°N 75.40°W | 1180 ± 150 years |
| Cerro Negro de Mayasquer Cerro Negro de Mayasquer Cerro Negro de Mayasquer is a volcano on the border of Colombia and Ecuador. It lies north-west of the volcano Chiles, and the two peaks are considered part of the same Chiles-Cerro Negro volcanic complex... |
4445 | 14,583 | 0.98°N 77.88°W | 1936 |
| Cumbal Cumbal Cumbal is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia.... |
4764 | 15,630 | 0.82°N 77.96°W | 1926 |
| Dona Juana Doña Juana Doña Juana volcano is a stratovolcano located within the Doña Juana-Cascabel Volcanic Complex National Natural Park in Nariño Department, Colombia.... |
4150 | 13,615 | 1.47°N 76.92°W | 1906 |
| Galeras Galeras Galeras is an Andean stratovolcano in the Colombian department of Nariño, near the departmental capital Pasto. Its summit rises above sea level. It has erupted frequently since the Spanish conquest, with its first historical eruption being recorded on December 7, 1580... |
4276 | 14,029 | 1°13′0"N 77°22′0"W | 2010 |
| Nevado del Huila Nevado del Huila Nevado del Huila , at , is the highest volcano in Colombia, located in Huila Department. 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 7000 "minor" seismic events, and a high state of... |
5365 | 17,601 | 2.92°N 76.05°W | 2008 |
| Nevado del Tolima Nevado del Tolima Nevado del Tolima is a stratovolcano located in Tolima Department, Colombia, south of Nevado del Ruiz volcano.The steep-sided, glacier-clad Nevado del Tolima volcano contrasts with the broad profile of Nevado del Ruiz volcano to the north... |
5200 | 17,060 | 4.67°N 75.33°W | 1943 |
| Nevado del Ruiz Nevado del Ruiz The Nevado del Ruiz, also known as La Mesa de Herveo or Kumanday in the language of the local pre-Columbian indigenous people, is a volcano located on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, about west of the capital city Bogotá. It is a stratovolcano, composed of many... |
5321 | 17,457 | 4°53′N 75°22′W | 1991 |
| Petacas | 4054 | 13,300 | 1.57°N 76.78°W | 5950 BC ± 500 years |
| Purace Puracé Puracé is a stratovolcano located in the Puracé National Natural Park in the Cauca Department, Colombia. It is one of the most active volcanoes in Colombia. Large explosive eruptions occurred in 1849, 1869, and 1885, and the latest eruption was in 1977.... |
4650 | 15,256 | 2.32°N 76.40°W | 1977 |
| Romeral Romeral (volcano) Romeral is a stratovolcano located in Caldas Department, Colombia. It is the northernmost Holocene volcano of South America.... |
3858 | 12,657 | 5.206°N 75.364°W | 5950 BC ± 500 years |
| Santa Isabel Santa Isabel (volcano) Santa Isabel is a shield volcano located in Tolima Department, Colombia, southwest of Nevado del Ruiz volcano.... |
4950 | 16,240 | 4.82°N 75.37°W | 2800 BC ± 100 years |
| Sotará | 4400 | 14,435 | 2.12°N 76.58°W | Unknown |