Indonesia · Complex volcano
Peuet Sague
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Elevation
- 2785m
- Last eruption
- 2000
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2785m
- Coordinates
- 4.903, 96.289
- Last eruption
- 2000
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Peuet Sague is a large volcanic complex in NW Sumatra. The volcano, whose name means "square," contains four summit peaks, with the youngest lava dome being located to the N or NW.
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From Wikipedia
Peuet Sague is a volcanic complex in the northwestern part of Sumatra, Indonesia. The name peuet sagoe in Acehnese means four square. The location of the volcanic complex is isolated that needs several journeys on foot from the nearest village to reach the mountain. There are four summits in the complex that all of them are located in Pidie Regency, Aceh Province. One of the lava dome is called Mount Tutung and it has 70 metres (230 feet) diameter and 80 meters (262.5 feet) deep of an active crater.
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Eruption history
7 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 7
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1918 – 2000
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (2000, the most recent of 5)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 7
Detailed timeline
- 2000VEI 2Observed2000-12-25 – 2000-12-26
- 1999VEI 1Observed1999-03-09 – 1999-04-30
- 1998VEI 1Observed1998-04-19 – 1998-04-26
- 1991VEI 2Observed1991-07-02 – end unknown
- 1986VEI 2Observed1986-07-02 – end unknown
- 1979VEI 2Observed1979-07-02 – end unknown
- 1918VEI 2Observed1918-07-02 – 1921-07-02
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