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Mount Sindoro

Sundoro

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
3149m
Last eruption
1971
Mount Sindoro
Photo: Lee Siebert, Smithsonian Institution · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3149m
Coordinates
-7.301, 109.997
Last eruption
1971
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Gunung Sundoro, in central Java, is located between the Dieng complex to the NW and Sumbing volcano to the SE.

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

From Wikipedia

Mount Sindoro, Mount Sindara or Mount Sundoro is a semi-active stratovolcano in Central Java, Indonesia. Parasitic craters and volcanic cones are found in the northwest-southern flanks; the largest is called Kembang. A small lava dome occupies the volcano's summit. Historical eruptions have been mostly mild to moderate.

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Eruption history

11 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
11
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
230 – 1971
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1971, the most recent of 8)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
4
Summary (VEI over time)
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230~404 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?404~578 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1797~1971 · 9 eruptions · max VEI 2230578110114491797

Detailed timeline

  1. 1971VEI 2Observed
    1971-10-29 – 1971-11-09
  2. 1906VEI 2Observed
    1906-09-22 – 1906-12-20
    Summit crater K5
  3. 1903VEI 2Observed
    1903-10-17 – 1903-10-21
    Upper NE and SW flanks (2850-2980 m)
  4. 1902VEI 1Observed
    1902-05-01 – 1902-05-25
  5. 1887VEI 2Observed
    1887-11-13 – 1887-11-14
  6. 1883VEI 2Observed
    1883-08-16 – end unknown
  7. 1882VEI 2Observed
    1882-04-01 – 1882-04-07
    Summit, NW and NE flanks
  8. 1818VEI 2Observed
    1818-07-02 – end unknown
  9. 1806VEI 2Observed
    1806-07-02 – end unknown
  10. 470VEI ?Geological estimate
    470 – end unknown
  11. 230VEI ?Geological estimate
    230 – end unknown

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