Hike Nevado del Ruiz volcano

The volcano's 1985 eruption triggered devastating lahars that destroyed the town of Armero, marking one of history's deadliest volcanic events.

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Nevado del Ruiz

Nevado del Ruiz, also known as El Mesa de Herveo or Kumanday, is the northernmost volcano of the Andean Volcanic Belt, lying about 129 kilometers (80 mi) west of Bogotá in the Tolima Department of Colombia. It is a stratovolcano, composed of many layers of lava alternating with hardened volcanic ash and other pyroclastic rocks. Nevado del Ruiz has been active for about two million years, since the early Pleistocene or late Pliocene epoch, with three major eruptive periods.

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