USGS

Maps and Aerial Photographs of the Glaciers of Colombia

Table 4 provides a list of maps that cover the glacierized areas of Colombia from various sources and at various scales. Maps published by the Instituto Geográfico Augustin Codazzi (IGAC) range in scale from 1:25,000 to 1:100,000. Table 5 provides a list of aerial photographs of the glacierized areas of Colombia at scales ranging from 1:10,600 to 1:60,000.

Table 4.-- List of maps covering the glacierized areas of Colombia

[Abbreviation: Do., ditto]


Agency or author

Sheet number

Scale

Glacier areas covered

IGAC (Instituto Geográfico
Augustin Codazzi)

19

1:100,000

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

IGAC

137

1:100,000

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

IGAC

225

1:100,000

Ruiz-Tolima massif

IGAC

321

1:100,000

Nevado del Huila

 

 

 

 

IGAC

19-IV-A

1:25,000

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

IGAC

19-IV-B

1:25,000

Do.

IGAC

19-IV-C

1:25,000

Do.

IGAC

19-IV-D

1:25,000

Do.

 

 

 

 

IGAC

137-IV-A

1:25,000

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

IGAC

137-IV-B

1:25,000

Do.

IGAC

137-IV-C

1:25,000

Do.

IGAC

137-IV-D

1:25,000

Do.

 

 

 

 

IGAC

225-II-A

1:25,000

Nevado del Ruiz

IGAC

225-II-C

1:25,000

Nevado de Santa Isabel

IGAC

225-IV-C

1:25,000

Nevado del Tolima

IGAC

321-IV-B

1:25,000

Nevado del Huila

 

 

 

 

Cabot, 19391

 

1:1,000,0002

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Raasveldt, 19571

 

1:300,0002

Do.

Cambridge Colombian
     Expedition, Stoddart, 19591

Sketch

1:100,0002

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

Wood, 19701

Sketch

1:100,0002

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Kraus and Van der Hammen, 19591

Sketch

1:55,0002

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

Herd, 19731

 

1:200,0002

Nevado del Ruiz-Nevado del Tolima

Thouret, 19901

 

1:50,0002

Nevado del Ruiz


1 As in cited references.
2 Approximate scales.

 

Table 5.-- Aerial photographic coverage of the glacerized areas of Colombia

[Abbreviation: Do., ditto]


Year

Flight line number

Frame

Approximate scale

Scene

1954

M226054

1876-1879

1:60,000

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

1954

M226054

1914-1920

1:60,000

Do.

1954

M246054

2190-2197

1:60,000

Do.

1954

M246054

2239-2245

1:60,000

Do.

1954

M266054

2312-2320

1:60,000

Do.

1954

M266054

2335-2340

1:60,000

Do.

 

 

 

 

 

1989

C23722389

0053-0072

1:22,500

Do.

1989

C23732489

0033-00521

1:24,400

Do.

1989

C23732589

0073-0087

1:24,200

Do.

1989

C23732689

0003-0020

1:24,700

Do.

1989

C23732989

0156-0160

1:29,200

Do.

1989

C23732989

0165-0175

1:29,200

Do.

 

 

 

 

 

1960

M5456059

6243-6252

1:60,000

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

1960

M5986059

8059-8073

1:60,000

Do.

1960

M8026059

8365-8375

1:60,000

Do.

1961

M10066059

10437-10444

1:60,000

Do.

1961

M10446059

12021-12030

1:60,000

Do.

1962

M11536059

20012-20028

1:60,000

Do.

 

 

 

 

 

1959

M5476059

6558-6562

1:60,000

Nevado del Ruiz

1959

M5476059

6578-6580

1:60,000

Nevado de Santa Isabel

1959

M5476059

6584

1:60,000

Nevado del Tolima

1959

M5486059

7031-7034

1:60,000

Nevado de Santa Isabel

1959

M5526059

7573-7576

1:60,000

Nevado del Ruiz

1959

M5526059

7581-7583

1:60,000

Do.

 

 

 

 

 

1959

M5526059

7603-7605

1:60,000

Nevado de Santa Isabel

1959

M5526059

7606-7609

1:60,000

Nevado del Ruiz

1986

C22692786

0145-0147

1:26,750

Nevado del Tolima

1986

C22692786

0154-0160

1:26,750

Nevado del Ruiz

1987

C23081387

0043-0071

1:12,650

Nevado del Ruiz-Nevado de Santa Isabel

1987

C23081187

0097-01162

1:10,600

Nevado del Ruiz

 

 

 

 

 

1987

C23941287

0048-0085

1:12,300

Nevado del Ruiz-Nevado del Tolima

1990

C24181990

0101-0144

1:18,800

Nevado del Ruiz

1965

M13436061

35610-35616

1:60,000

Nevado del Huila

1995

R11942895

0029-0036

1:25,800

Do.

1995

R11942695

0163-0171

1:25,800

Do.

1995

R11942595

0230-0238

1:25,800

Do.


1 Frame 52 partially cloud covered.
2 Frames 0097-0101 partially cloud covered.

 

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