Indonesia · Caldera
Lake Ranau
Ranau
- Type
- Caldera
- Elevation
- 1854m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Caldera
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1854m
- Coordinates
- -4.871, 103.925
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Caldera
- Major rock type
- Dacite
Geological summary
Ranau is an 8 x 13 km Pleistocene caldera partially filled by the crescent-shaped Lake Ranau. The caldera lies along the Great Sumatran Fault that extends the length of Sumatra.
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Lake Ranau is a Pleistocene volcanic crater lake in Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 0
- Uncertain eruptions
- 2
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1903VEI ?Method not stated1903-12-09 – 1903-12-09
- 1887VEI ?Method not stated1887-10-07 – 1888-01-20
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