Volcán Azufral
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Azufral is a stratovolcano located in the department of Nariño in southern Colombia, west of the town of Túquerres. It is the only volcano of the Western Ranges of the Colombian Andes. 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. The summit of the volcano has an altitude of , and the north-western side of the crater contains a crescent-shaped lake named Laguna Verde () at . The lake is long and wide. and its bright green color is a result of the sulfur and iron-based deposits in the crat
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Within Vinony's link graph, Volcán Azufral is referenced by 322 other articles, and connects out to Providence Island, Andean Volcanic Belt and Colombia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 30 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Andean Volcanic Belt, Four-thousanders of the Andes and Geography of Nariño Department.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Azufral
- Mountain.other_name
- Volcán Azufral
- Mountain.photo
- Azufral.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Azufral in 1989
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4070
- Mountain.listing
- Volcanoes of Colombia
- Mountain.range
- Western Ranges Andes
- Mountain.location
- Nariño, Colombia
- Mountain.map
- Colombia
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location of Azufral in Colombia
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.age
- Holocene
- Mountain.volcanic_zone
- Northern Volcanic Zone
- Mountain.volcanic_belt
- Andean Volcanic Belt
- Mountain.last_eruption
- 930 BC(?)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcano
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Nariño Department
- Elevation
- 4070
- Image
- Azufral.jpg
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- Commons category
- Azufral
- located in/on physical feature
- Nudo de los Pastos
- mountain range
- Andes
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Azufral is a stratovolcano located in the department of Nariño in southern Colombia, west of the town of Túquerres. It is the only volcano of the Western Ranges of the Colombian Andes. 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. The summit of the volcano has an altitude of , and the north-western side of the crater contains a crescent-shaped lake named Laguna Verde () at . The lake is long and wide. and its bright green color is a result of the sulfur and iron-based deposits in the crater. There are also two other much smaller lakes in the crater, Laguna Negra () and Laguna Cristal ().
The volcano lies within a nature reserve, the Reserva Natural del Azufral, created in 1990. The reserve covers an area of and is free of charge to enter. As Azufral is semi-dormant, there are no restrictions on ascending the volcano and visiting Laguna Verde: there is a road that climbs to within from the summit, and the remaining distance can be covered on foot via a trail.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Volcán Azufral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
30 mapped locations