Skip to main content
Back to map
CompareShow on map

Indonesia · Complex volcano

Gunung Guntur

Guntur

Type
Complex volcano
Elevation
2251m
Last eruption
1847
Gunung Guntur
Photo: Kandar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2251m
Coordinates
-7.143, 107.841
Last eruption
1847
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Guntur is a complex of several overlapping stratovolcanoes about 10 km NW of the city of Garut in western Java.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Mount Guntur is an active stratovolcano in western Java. However, since the 19th century, it has not erupted. The name Guntur means "thunder" in the Sundanese language.

Wikipedia · CC BY-SA · Read full article →

Eruption history

26 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
24
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
1690 – 1847
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 3 (1843, the most recent of 2)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
Click a bar to see individual eruptions · Use arrow keys to move between bars, Enter to open
1690~1710 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31769~1789 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21789~1808 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21808~1828 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 21828~1848 · 12 eruptions · max VEI 31867~1887 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?16901729178918281867

Detailed timeline

  1. 1887VEI ?Method not stated
    1887-07-02 – end unknown
  2. 1885VEI ?Method not stated
    1885-01-18 – end unknown
  3. 1847VEI 2Observed
    1847-10-16 – 1847-10-28
  4. 1843VEI 3Observed
    1843-01-04 – 1843-01-04
  5. 1843VEI 2Observed
    1843-11-26 – 1843-11-26
  6. 1841VEI 2Observed
    1841-11-14 – 1841-11-14
  7. 1840VEI 2Observed
    1840-05-20 – 1840-05-24
  8. 1836VEI 2Observed
    1836-10-11 – end unknown
  9. 1834VEI 2Observed
    1834-12-16 – 1835-01-16
  10. 1833VEI 2Observed
    1833-09-01 – end unknown
  11. 1832VEI 2Observed
    1832-01-16 – end unknown
  12. 1832VEI 2Observed
    1832-08-08 – 1832-08-13
  13. 1829VEI 2Observed
    1829-07-02 – end unknown
  14. 1828VEI 2Observed
    1828-05-14 – 1828-07-08
  15. 1827VEI 2Observed
    1827-05-13 – end unknown
  16. 1825VEI 2Observed
    1825-06-14 – 1825-06-15
  17. 1818VEI 2Observed
    1818-10-21 – 1818-10-24
  18. 1816VEI 2Observed
    1816-09-21 – end unknown
  19. 1815VEI 2Observed
    1815-08-15 – end unknown
  20. 1809VEI 2Observed
    1809-05-09 – end unknown
  21. 1807VEI 2Observed
    1807-09-01 – 1807-09-06
  22. 1803VEI 2Observed
    1803-04-03 – 1803-04-15
  23. 1800VEI ?Observed
    1800-07-02 – end unknown
  24. 1780VEI 2Observed
    1780 – end unknown
  25. 1777VEI 2Observed
    1777 – end unknown
  26. 1690VEI 3Observed
    1690 – end unknown

Nearby volcanoes

External links

⚠ For reference only. Not for emergency response.