Las Ánimas (volcano)

Las Ánimas
Las Ánimas
Volcán Las Ánimas
	Las Ánimas Location of Las Ánimas in Colombia
Highest point
Elevation	4,175 m (13,698 ft)
Listing	Volcanoes of Colombia
Coordinates	1°33′50.4″N 76°51′15.7″W / 1.564000°N 76.854361°W
Geography
Location	Cauca & Nariño; Colombia
Parent range	Central Ranges, Andes
Geology
Age of rock	Plio-Pleistocene
Volcanic belt	North Volcanic Zone; Andean Volcanic Belt
Last eruption	Prehistoric

Las Ánimas is a volcano of the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes at the border of the departments of Cauca and Nariño. The volcano is 4,175 metres (13,698 ft) high.^[1]

As are the neighbouring Petacas, the volcano is part of the Doña Juana Volcanic Complex,^[2] and lies northeast of the main volcano and southeast of the Petacas.^[3] The products of the volcanic activity of the volcano have been found in San Pablo, Nariño.^[4] The activity of the volcano has been noted as prehistoric.^[5]

The volcanoes are located between the El Tablón Fault to the west and the San Jerónimo Fault to the east.^[6]

References

^ Google Maps Elevation Finder
^ Navarro et al., 2009, p.109
^ Navarro et al., 2009, p.111
^ Navarro et al., 2009, p.114
^ Núñez Tello, 2003, p.217
^ Plancha 411, 2002

Bibliography

Navarro, Sofía; Pulgarín, Bernardo; Monsalve, Maria Luisa; Cortés, Gloria Patricia; Calvache, Marta Lucia; Pardo, Natalia; Murcia, Hugo (2009), "Geología e historia eruptiva del Complejo Volcánico Doña Juana (CVDJ) Nariño" (PDF), Boletín de Geología, 31: 109–118, retrieved 2017-09-24
Núñez Tello, Alberto (2003), Cartografía geológica de las zonas Andina Sur y Garzón-Quetame (Colombia) - Memoria explicativa de las planchas 411 La Cruz, 412 San Juan de Villalobos, 430 Mocoa, 431 Piamonte, 448 Monopamba, 449 Orito y 465 Churuyaco, INGEOMINAS, pp. 1–298