Lake Otún, Los Nevados National Park

Name: Lake Otún
Address: Los Nevados National Park, Colombia

#3 among attractions in Los Nevados National Park

Natural attraction, Nature, Lake

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Lake Otún is a small lake in the Nevados National Park, in the Risaralda department of Colombia. It located at an altitude of 3,900 m and has an area of 1.5 square kilometres. The lake is of glacial origin and is fed by meltwaters of the Nevado Santa Isabel. Lake Otún is the source of the Otún River, which supplies drinking water to the cities of Pereira and Dosquebradas. ()

Local name: Laguna del Otún Area: 0.58 mi²Elevation: 12844 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 4°46'33"N, 75°24'53"W

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Lake Otún – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nevado del Quindío, Santa Isabel Volcano, Nevado El Cisne, Santa Isabel Volcano.

4.6 miSE
Inactive volcano with a cloud forest
Nevado del Quindío, Los Nevados National Park
117 min walk • The Nevado del Quindío is an inactive volcano located in the Central Cordillera of the Andes in central Colombia. The summit marks the tripoint of the departments of Risaralda, Quindío and Tolima, and is also the highest point of the departments of Risaralda and Quindío.
4.3 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Volcano
Santa Isabel Volcano, Los Nevados National Park
111 min walk • Santa Isabel is a shield volcano located in Tolima, Colombia, southwest of Nevado del Ruiz volcano. The volcano is located over the Palestina Fault, that crosscuts the underlying El Bosque Batholith of Eocene age, dated at 49.1 ± 1.7 Ma.
6.3 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Volcano
Nevado El Cisne, Los Nevados National Park
162 min walk • The Nevado El Cisne is a volcano in the Central Ranges of the Andes in Colombia. Its summit is at an altitude of 4,636 metres. The mountain is one of the five lava domes of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano complex.
3.7 miNE
Towering volcano with a glacial summit
Santa Isabel Volcano, Los Nevados National Park
94 min walk • Santa Isabel is a shield volcano located in Tolima, Colombia, southwest of Nevado del Ruiz volcano. The volcano is located over the Palestina Fault, that crosscuts the underlying El Bosque Batholith of Eocene age, dated at 49.1 ± 1.7 Ma.

Lake Otún, Los Nevados National Park

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Lake Otún – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nevado del Quindío, Los Nevados National Park

Santa Isabel Volcano, Los Nevados National Park

Nevado El Cisne, Los Nevados National Park

Santa Isabel Volcano, Los Nevados National Park