Santa Rosa volcano

Shield 4584 m / 15039 ft
Colombia, 4.8°N / -75.46°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Santa Rosa volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

Eroded Pleistocene andesitic shield volcano (Herd 1982). Deposits from near the base of the volcano were dated as 2.3 ± 0.1 Ma (K-Ar whole rock) according to Thouret (1989).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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