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Mount Kaba

Kaba

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1962m
Last eruption
2000
Mount Kaba
Photo: Setiadarma (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1962m
Coordinates
-3.516, 102.626
Last eruption
2000
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

The Kaba volcanic massif is ~8 km long, elongated WSW-ENE, with a summit area that includes multiple large craters. On the SW is the 1-km-diameter Hitam crater, with the Malintang cone and 400-m crater ~1 km NE, on the flank of the active 1-km-diameter Kaba crater. The smaller Mali crater is connected to Kaba, and Vogelsang cone is just beyond that to the NE. Another large forested cone is SE of the active craters. Most recorded eruptions have originated from the summit craters, and affected only the summit area. However, the upper-NE flank crater Kawah Vogelsang also produced explosions during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Eruption history

13 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1833~1850 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21850~1866 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21866~1883 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21900~1917 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21917~1933 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21933~1950 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21950~1967 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21983~2000 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 118331866191719501983

Detailed timeline

  1. 2000VEI 1Observed
    2000-08-22 – 2000-08-27
  2. 1956VEI 2Observed
    1956-03-22 – 1956-03-28
  3. 1952VEI 2Observed
    1952-04-01 – 1952-04-28
  4. 1950VEI 1Observed
    1950-03-16 – 1951-04-16
    Kaba Vogelsang
  5. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-11-19 – 1941-03-14
    Kaba Baru, Kaba Lama
  6. 1918VEI 2Method not stated
    1918-08-09 – end unknown
  7. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907-07-02 – end unknown
    Kaba Baru
  8. 1873VEI 2Observed
    1873-07-02 – 1892-11-01
    Kaba Volgelsang and Kaba Baru
  9. 1868VEI 2Observed
    1868-10-16 – 1869-07-02
    Kaba Baru ? and Kaba Vogelsang
  10. 1853VEI 2Observed
    1853-11-16 – end unknown
  11. 1838VEI ?Method not stated
    1838-07-02 – end unknown
  12. 1834VEI 2Observed
    1834-11-16 – end unknown
  13. 1833VEI 2Observed
    1833-11-24 – 1833-11-25

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