Nevado del Ruiz

Summary

Nevado del Ruiz is a volcano^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of volcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,834 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nevado del Ruiz is located in Caldas Department^[3].
• Nevado del Ruiz is located in Tolima Department^[4].
• Nevado del Ruiz is located in Murillo^[5].
• Nevado del Ruiz is located in Villamaría^[6].
• Nevado del Ruiz is in the country of Colombia^[7].
• Nevado del Ruiz is on the continent of South America^[8].
• Nevado del Ruiz's instance of is recorded as volcano^[9].
• Nevado del Ruiz's instance of is recorded as glacier^[10].
• Nevado del Ruiz is made of andesite^[11].
• Nevado del Ruiz's Commons category is recorded as Nevado del Ruiz^[12].
• Nevado del Ruiz's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 4.895277777777778, 'longitude': -75.3225}^[13].
• Nevado del Ruiz's significant event is recorded as first ascent^[14].
• Nevado del Ruiz's significant event is recorded as last volcanic eruption^[15].
• Nevado del Ruiz's native label is recorded as Nevado del Ruiz^[16].
• Nevado del Ruiz sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+5389'}^[17].
• Nevado del Ruiz dates from the Pleistocene^[18].
• Nevado del Ruiz's topographic prominence is recorded as {'amount': '+2035'}^[19].
• Nevado del Ruiz's volcano observatory is recorded as Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Manizales^[20].
• Nevado del Ruiz's mountain range is recorded as Cordillera Central^[21].
• Nevado del Ruiz's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Disaster management^[22].
• Nevado del Ruiz's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mountains^[23].
• Nevado del Ruiz's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Volcanoes^[24].
• Nevado del Ruiz's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Colombia^[25].
• Nevado del Ruiz's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Glaciers^[26].
• Nevado del Ruiz's age estimated by a dating method is recorded as {'amount': '+2000000'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Nevado del Ruiz is in the country of Colombia^[7]. Located in include Caldas Department^[3], a department of Colombia^[28], in Colombia^[29], founded in 1905^[30]; Tolima Department^[4], a department of Colombia^[31], in Colombia^[32], founded in 1886^[33]; Murillo^[5], a municipality of Colombia^[34], in Colombia^[35]; and Villamaría^[6], a municipality of Colombia^[36], in Colombia^[37], founded in 1852^[38]. It is on the continent of South America^[8].

Physical Characteristics

Nevado del Ruiz sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+5389'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include volcano^[9] and glacier^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Nevado del Ruiz include 22195 Nevadodelruiz^[39], an asteroid^[40].

Why It Matters

Nevado del Ruiz ranks in the top 5% of volcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,834 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for it include 22195 Nevadodelruiz^[39], an asteroid^[40].