Nevado El Cisne

Nevado El Cisne
Nevado El Cisne Location of Nevado El Cisne, Colombia
Elevation	4,636 m (15,210 ft) [1]
Location
Location	Caldas/Tolima, Colombia
Range	Cordillera Central, Andes
Coordinates	04°49′48″N 75°25′20″W / 4.83°N 75.42222°W / 4.83; -75.42222Coordinates: 04°49′48″N 75°25′20″W / 4.83°N 75.42222°W / 4.83; -75.42222[2]

The Nevado El Cisne (English: The Swan) is a mountain in the Central Cordillera of the Andes in Colombia. Its summit is at an altitude of 4636 metres.^[1] The mountain is one of the five lava domes of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano complex.^[2] Despite the nevado part of the name indicating a permanently snow-capped mountain, the summit of El Cisne is now below the permanent snow line as a result of global warming, and it is no longer considered a true nevado.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pollard, Peter (2000). Colombia Handbook (2nd ed.). Bath: Footprint Handbooks Limited. p. 297. ISBN 1900949717. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Nevado del Ruiz: Synonyms and Subfeatures", Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
3. ^ "Ruiz-Tolima Volcanic Massif", US Geological Survey

See also

• List of mountains in the Andes