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Mount Talang

Talang

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2575m
Last eruption
2007
Mount Talang
Photo: MichaelJLowe · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2575m
Coordinates
-0.979, 100.681
Last eruption
2007
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

Talang is part of a large volcanic edifice just NW of Dibawah Lake. An older volcanic peak, Pasar Arbaao, is ~1.5 km W. The steep-sided Talang cone exhibits fumarolic activity but has no crater; it appears to have grown within a larger caldera. Recorded eruptions have mostly involved small-to-moderate explosive activity, first documented in the 19th century, that originated from a series of small craters in a valley on the NE flank.

Eruption history

15 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1833~1850 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21868~1885 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21955~1972 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 21972~1990 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 11990~2007 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 218331868192019551990

Detailed timeline

  1. 2007VEI 2Observed
    2007-03-19 – 2007-06-22
    Main crater
  2. 2007VEI 2Observed
    2007-11-27 – 2007-12-16
  3. 2006VEI 1Observed
    2006-09-10 – 2006-09-10
  4. 2005VEI 2Observed
    2005-04-12 – 2005-07-18
    North & south flanks
  5. 2001VEI 1Observed
    2001-09-25 – 2001-11-15
    Kepundan Panjang & Kabuo, Gabuo Atas
  6. 1986VEI 1Method not stated
    1986-07-16 – 1986-10-13
    NE flank (Panjang Crater)
  7. 1968VEI 1Observed
    1968-01-14 – 1968-01-14
    NE flank
  8. 1968VEI 2Observed
    1968-09-16 – 1968-10-16
    NE flank
  9. 1967VEI 1Observed
    1967-10-10 – 1967-10-10
    NE flank (200 m below summit)
  10. 1963VEI 2Observed
    1963-07-02 – end unknown
  11. 1876VEI 2Observed
    1876-07-02 – end unknown
    NE flank
  12. 1868 (±3 yrs)VEI ?Method not stated
    1868-07-02 – end unknown
  13. 1845VEI 2Observed
    1845-04-22 – end unknown
    NE flank
  14. 1843VEI 2Observed
    1843-10-21 – end unknown
    NE flank (some reports list 1842 date)
  15. 1833VEI 2Observed
    1833-10-16 – end unknown
    NE flank

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