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Mount Batur

Batur

Type
Caldera
Elevation
1711m
Last eruption
2000
Mount Batur
Photo: Jnpet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Caldera
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1711m
Coordinates
-8.240, 115.377
Last eruption
2000
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Caldera
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

The historically active Batur is located at the center of two concentric calderas NW of Agung volcano.

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From Wikipedia

Mount Batur is an active volcano located at the center of two concentric calderas northwest of Mount Agung on the island of Bali, Indonesia. The southeast side of the larger 10×13 km caldera contains a caldera lake. Both the larger caldera, and a smaller 7.5 km caldera were formed by a collapse of the magma chamber, the first larger collapse taking place about 29,300 years ago, and the second inner caldera collapsing about 20,150 years ago. Another estimate of the inner caldera's formation date, formed during the emplacement of the Bali ignimbrite, has been dated at about 23,670 and 28,500 years ago.

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Eruption history

28 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
25
Uncertain eruptions
3
Span of confirmed record
1804 – 2000
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1974, the most recent of 17)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
19
Summary (VEI over time)
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1804~1824 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21843~1863 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21882~1902 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21902~1921 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21921~1941 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 21960~1980 · 10 eruptions · max VEI 21980~1999 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 118041843190219411980

Detailed timeline

  1. 1999VEI 1Observed
    1999-03-15 – 2000-06-16
  2. 1998VEI 1Observed
    1998-07-04 – end unknown
  3. 1994VEI 1Observed
    1994-08-07 – 1994-08-14
    Batur III
  4. 1976VEI 1Method not stated
    1976-03-26 – 1976-03-26
  5. 1974VEI 2Observed
    1974-03-12 – 1974-04-16
    Batur III
  6. 1973VEI 1Observed
    1973-03-30 – end unknown
  7. 1972VEI 2Observed
    1972-01-19 – 1972-03-16
    Batur III
  8. 1971VEI 1Observed
    1971-03-11 – 1971-08-25
  9. 1970VEI 1Observed
    1970-01-05 – 1970-01-15
    SW flank (1963 vent)
  10. 1968VEI 2Observed
    1968-01-23 – 1968-02-15
    SW flank (Batur III)
  11. 1966VEI 1Observed
    1966-04-28 – end unknown
    SW flank (west of 1965 vent)
  12. 1965VEI 1Observed
    1965-08-18 – 1965-12-16
    SW flank (near Batur III)
  13. 1963VEI 2Observed
    1963-09-05 – 1964-05-10
    SW, W flanks (near Batur III, Butus)
  14. 1926VEI 2Observed
    1926-08-02 – 1926-09-21
    SW flank below Batur III
  15. 1925VEI 2Observed
    1925-01-05 – 1925-01-05
    Batur II
  16. 1924VEI 2Observed
    1924-03-16 – 1924-03-16
    Batur II
  17. 1923VEI 2Observed
    1923-07-02 – end unknown
    Batur II
  18. 1922VEI 2Observed
    1922-08-30 – end unknown
  19. 1921VEI 2Observed
    1921-01-29 – 1921-04-17
    SW flank (Batur II)
  20. 1905VEI 2Observed
    1905-07-02 – end unknown
    Batur I, Batur II, Batur III
  21. 1904VEI 2Observed
    1904-07-02 – end unknown
    West caldera floor (Gunung Anti)
  22. 1897VEI 2Observed
    1897-07-02 – end unknown
    Batur I
  23. 1888VEI 2Observed
    1888-05-30 – 1888-05-31
    SE flank of Batur I
  24. 1854VEI 1Observed
    1854-04-28 – end unknown
    Batur I
  25. 1849VEI 2Observed
    1849-07-02 – end unknown
  26. 1847VEI ?Method not stated
    1847-07-02 – end unknown
  27. 1821VEI 2Observed
    1821-03-16 – end unknown
    Batur I
  28. 1804VEI 2Observed
    1804-07-02 – end unknown
    Batur I

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