Nevado del Huila, Colombia

Stratovolcano · 5,364 m (17,598 ft)

Nevado del Huila is a stratovolcano in Colombia, 5,364 m (17,598 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1500 to 1699. NOAA records 3 significant eruptions here, which killed 660 people where the toll is counted.

Nevado del Huila on the map

Nevado del Huila and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 5,364 m (17,598 ft)
Country: Colombia
Summit: 2.930° N, 76.030° W
Last known eruption: 1500 to 1699
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 351050

From Wikipedia

Nevado del Huila (Spanish pronunciation: [neˈβaðo ðel ˈwila]) at 5,364 metres (17,598 ft) is the highest volcano in Colombia, located at the tripoint of the departments of Huila, Tolima and Cauca. It is visible from the city of Cali. The andesitic volcano is located on top of the Ibagué Batholith.

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Significant eruptions

3 on record, newest first.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Nevado del Huila Ash advisories and webcams on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.