Indonesia · Stratovolcano
Mount Penanggungan
Penanggungan
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1631m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1631m
- Coordinates
- -7.616, 112.620
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Gunung Penanggungan, one of Java's most revered mountains, is a small stratovolcano immediately north of the Arjuno-Welirang massif.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Penanggungan is a small stratovolcano, immediately north of the Arjuno-Welirang volcanic complex in East Java province, Java island, Indonesia. Mount Penanggungan is about 40 kilometers (24.8 mi) south of Surabaya, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Several Hindu-Buddhist sanctuaries, sacred places and monuments are on the western slope of the mountain dating from AD 977–1511. Lava flows and pyroclastic deposits are around the volcano.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 0
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 200VEI ?Method not stated200 – end unknown
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