Cumbal is a
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
of the
Caribe Terrane
The Caribbean Terrane ( es, Terreno del Caribe, ''TC'') is one of the geological provinces (terranes) of Colombia. The terrane, dating to the Late Cretaceous, is situated on the North Andes Plate and borders the La Guajira, Chibcha and underlyi ...
, located at the
Nudo de los Pastos in
Nariño,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. It is the southernmost historically active volcano of Colombia and is together with
Chiles and
Azufral one of the few volcanoes of the
Western Ranges. The volcano is dominated by
andesites.
[Plancha 447-447bis, 2003]
Plane crash
The volcano was the crash site of
TAME Flight 120
TAME Flight 120 was a Boeing 727-134 airliner, registration HC-BLF, named '' El Oro'', operating as a scheduled international passenger flight between Quito, Ecuador and Cali, Colombia, with a scheduled stopover at the Ecuadorian border town o ...
, which struck one of its sides while in a go-around approach to
Tulcán on January 28, 2002. There were no survivors among the 94 occupants.
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See also
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List of volcanoes in Colombia
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List of volcanoes by elevation
A list (incomplete) of volcanoes on Earth arranged by elevation in metres.
6,000 metres
5,000 metres
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Below 1,000 metres
From its base on the ocean floor
A list ( ...
References
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External links
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Andean Volcanic Belt
Mountains of Colombia
Stratovolcanoes of Colombia
Quaternary South America
Quaternary volcanoes
20th-century volcanic events
Active volcanoes
Geography of Nariño Department
Four-thousanders of the Andes
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