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Mountain Slamet

Slamet

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
3428m
Last eruption
2014
Mountain Slamet
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Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3428m
Coordinates
-7.242, 109.208
Last eruption
2014
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary

Slamet is one of Java's most active volcanoes. It has a cluster of about three dozen cinder cones on its lower SE-NE flanks and a single cinder cone on the W flank. It is composed of two overlapping edifices, an older basaltic andesite to andesitic volcano on the west and a younger basaltic to basaltic andesite one on the east. Gunung Malang II cinder cone on the upper E flank on the younger edifice fed a lava flow that extends 6 km E. Four craters occur at the summit of Gunung Slamet, with activity migrating to the SW over time. Eruptions recorded since the 18th century have originated from a 150-m-deep, 450-m-wide, steep-walled crater at the western part of the summit and have consisted of explosive eruptions generally lasting a few days to a few weeks.

From Wikipedia

Mount Slamet is an active stratovolcano that summits in the Pemalang Regency of Central Java, Indonesia. It has a cluster of around three dozen cinder cones on the lower southeast and northeast flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. The volcano is composed of two overlapping edifices. Four craters are found at the summit. Mount Slamet is a location with the coldest average temperature on the island of Java and one of the areas with the highest annual rainfall in Indonesia, namely 8,134.00 millimeters (mm) per year.

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Eruption history

46 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1772~1796 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21820~1845 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21845~1869 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21869~1893 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 21893~1917 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21917~1941 · 13 eruptions · max VEI 21941~1966 · 12 eruptions · max VEI 21966~1990 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 21990~2014 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 217721820189319411990

Detailed timeline

  1. 2014VEI 2Observed
    2014-03-08 – 2014-09-18
    Summit crater
  2. 2009VEI 1Observed
    2009-04-21 – 2009-06-22
  3. 2000VEI 1Method not stated
    2000-07-16 – 2000-10-16
  4. 1999VEI 1Observed
    1999-05-01 – 1999-09-16
  5. 1988VEI 1Observed
    1988-07-12 – 1988-07-13
  6. 1974VEI 2Method not stated
    1974-05-29 – 1974-05-29
  7. 1973VEI 1Observed
    1973-08-16 – end unknown
  8. 1969VEI 2Observed
    1969-06-23 – 1969-08-16
  9. 1967VEI 2Observed
    1967-05-07 – 1967-07-16
  10. 1966VEI 2Observed
    1966-07-02 – end unknown
  11. 1960VEI 2Observed
    1960-12-16 – 1961-01-16
  12. 1958VEI 2Observed
    1958-04-17 – 1958-05-07
  13. 1958VEI 2Observed
    1958-09-13 – 1958-11-05
  14. 1957VEI 2Observed
    1957-02-08 – 1957-02-08
  15. 1955VEI 2Observed
    1955-11-12 – 1955-12-20
  16. 1953VEI 2Observed
    1953-08-16 – 1953-10-16
  17. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-02-11 – end unknown
  18. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-06-26 – 1952-01-01
  19. 1948VEI 2Observed
    1948-11-14 – 1948-12-15
  20. 1944VEI 2Observed
    1944-05-09 – 1944-10-30
  21. 1943VEI ?Method not stated
    1943-03-18 – end unknown
  22. 1943VEI 2Observed
    1943-10-02 – 1944-01-05
  23. 1940VEI 2Observed
    1940-03-15 – 1940-04-15
  24. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-03-29 – 1939-07-15
  25. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-12-04 – 1939-12-04
  26. 1937VEI ?Observed
    1937-07-02 – end unknown
  27. 1934VEI ?Method not stated
    1934-07-02 – end unknown
  28. 1933VEI 1Observed
    1933-05-12 – 1933-05-13
  29. 1932VEI 2Observed
    1932-07-01 – 1932-09-10
  30. 1930VEI 2Observed
    1930-04-02 – 1930-04-13
  31. 1929VEI 2Observed
    1929-06-06 – 1929-06-15
  32. 1928VEI 2Observed
    1928-03-20 – 1928-05-12
  33. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-02-27 – 1927-02-27
  34. 1926VEI 2Observed
    1926-11-23 – 1926-11-30
  35. 1923VEI 2Observed
    1923-06-02 – 1923-06-02
  36. 1904VEI 2Observed
    1904-07-14 – 1904-08-09
  37. 1890VEI 2Observed
    1890-08-06 – 1890-08-29
  38. 1885VEI 2Observed
    1885-03-21 – 1885-03-30
  39. 1875VEI 2Observed
    1875-05-29 – 1875-06-04
  40. 1875VEI 2Observed
    1875-11-02 – 1875-12-26
  41. 1860VEI 2Observed
    1860-03-19 – 1860-04-11
  42. 1849VEI 2Observed
    1849-12-01 – end unknown
  43. 1847VEI 2Observed
    1847-03-20 – end unknown
  44. 1835VEI 2Observed
    1835-09-16 – 1835-09-16
  45. 1825VEI 2Observed
    1825-10-16 – end unknown
  46. 1772VEI 2Observed
    1772-08-11 – 1772-08-12

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