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Mount Pulosari

Pulosari

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1324m
Last eruption
Unknown
The small circular, forested volcano at the center of this NASA International Space Station image (N is to the top right) is Pulosari. The stratovolcano has a nearly 300-m-deep summit crater with fumaroles along its walls. The volcano lies SE of the 15-km-wide Pleistocene Danau caldera, whose northern and eastern rims and light-colored floor are visible at the upper right.
The small circular, forested volcano at the center of this NASA International Space Station image (N is to the top right) is Pulosari. The stratovolcano has a nearly 300-m-deep summit crater with fumaroles along its walls. The volcano lies SE of the 15-km-wide Pleistocene Danau caldera, whose northern and eastern rims and light-colored floor are visible at the upper right. · Photo: NASA International Space Station image ISS004-E-10353, 2002 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1324m
Coordinates
-6.343, 105.978
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

The basaltic-to-andesitic Pulosari stratovolcano at the western end of Java lies south of the 15-km-wide Pleistocene Danau caldera. The summit contains a nearly 300-m-deep crater open to the ENE with active solfataras on its wall. It is SW across a low saddle from the higher Karang volcano, which was constructed on the SE rim of Danau caldera.

From Wikipedia

Mount Pulosari is a stratovolcano in Pandeglang Regency, Banten, in West Java Indonesia. There are active solfataras on its 300-metre (980 ft) deep caldera wall.

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