Indonesia · Complex volcano
Keli Mutubuurai
Kelimutu
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Elevation
- 1639m
- Last eruption
- 1968
- Type
- Complex volcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 1639m
- Coordinates
- -8.770, 121.820
- Last eruption
- 1968
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Kelimutu is a small, but well-known, Indonesian compound volcano in central Flores Island with three summit crater lakes of varying colors.
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From Wikipedia
Kelimutu is a volcano close to the small town of Moni in central Flores island in Indonesia. It is around 50 km (31 mi) to the east of Ende, Indonesia, the capital of Ende regency in East Nusa Tenggara province. It has three volcanic crater lakes that differ in color. Tiwu Ata Mbupu, on the western side of the island is blue in color while Tiwu Nua Muri Kooh Tai and Tiwu Ata Polo are usually colors of green and red. These lakes shift color due to changes that occur within the geology and chemistry of the volcano.
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Eruption history
3 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 3
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1865 (±5 yrs) – 1968
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (1938, the most recent of 2)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 2
Detailed timeline
- 1968VEI 1Observed1968-06-03 – 1968-07-29Tiwu Nua Muri
- 1938VEI 2Observed1938-05-16 – 1938-06-16
- 1865 (±5 yrs)VEI 2Observed1865-07-02 – end unknown
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