Los Nevados National Natural Park | |
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Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados | |
Location | Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío and Tolima, Colombia |
Nearest city | Armenia - Ibagué - Manizales - Pereira |
Coordinates | 4°48′00″N 75°22′00″W / 4.8°N 75.366667°W |
Area | 58,300 hectares (225 sq mi) |
Established | 1973 |
Visitors | 39,904 (in 2016) |
Governing body | SINAP |
Website |
Los Nevados National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados) is a national park located in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes. The park features Colombia's highest and northernmost active volcanoes including the glacier-capped Nevado del Ruiz, Nevado del Tolima, and Nevado de Santa Isabel, and the glacier-free superpáramo peaks (paramillos) of Cisne, Santa Rosa and Quindío. Other elevated structures of volcanic origin within the park are Alto La Piraña, La Olleta, Cerro España, and the Peñas de Caracoli. Cerro Bravo and Cerro Machín are located outside the park but part of the same volcanic region.
The park is located in the departments of Caldas, Quindío, Risaralda, Tolima and spans between the municipalities Manizales, Villamaría, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Pereira, Salento, Villahermosa, Anzoátegui, Santa Isabel, Murillo, Ibagué and Casabianca.