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Nevado del Ruiz is a composite volcano. Additionally, the correct term is cinder cone, not cyclinder.

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Nevado del Ruiz is a composite volcano. Additionally, the correct term is cinder cone, not cyclinder.

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Is Nevada Del Ruiz a shield volcano?

No, it's a stratovolcano.


What are facts about ruiz?

it is a composite(strato) volcano and it is located in central columbia


What are facts about Mount Ruiz?

it is a composite(strato) volcano and it is located in central columbia


what hemisphere is nevado del ruiz volcano in?

Ruiz, Nevado del. Ruiz is the northern-most historically active volcano in South America (4.9N, 75.3W).


How was the Nevado del Ruiz created?

The Nevado del Ruiz volcano is located on a destructive plate boundary whereby the dense, oceanic Nazca plate is being subducted under the less dense, continental South American plate. The melted rock from the Oceanic plate rises to the surface, the pressure builds until the magma erupts from the volcano. It is a composite or strato volcano meaning it is made up of layers of solidified lava and pyroclasic material.


Is the volcano Nev ado Del Ruiz an active volcano?

yes


What type of volcano is Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia?

Nevado del Ruiz is an active volcano. The last erruption occured on November 13, 1985.


Is nevado del ruiz a volcano?

Yes. Nevado Del Ruiz is a volcano known for its 1985 eruption which killed well over 20,000 people.


What kind of volcano is Nevada del ruiz?

it is A stratovolcano


Is Nevado Del Ruiz a cinder volcano?

No. It is a stratovolcano.


Where is the volcano mt Ruiz located?

ON YOUR MOM lol hahahaha


When was the largest eruption of the volcano Ruiz?

It was in 1595 in the Arenas Crater.