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Iliwerung

Type
Complex volcano
Elevation
583m
Last eruption
2021
Iliwerung
Photo: Volcanological Survey of Indonesia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
583m
Coordinates
-8.532, 123.573
Last eruption
2021
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Constructed on the southern rim of the Lerek caldera, Iliwerung forms a prominent south-facing peninsula on Lembata (formerly Lomblen) Island.

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From Wikipedia

Iliwerung or Illiwerung is a complex volcano forming a prominent south-facing peninsula on Lembata Island in southern Indonesia. It contains north-south and northwest-southeast trending lines of craters and lava domes, with the summit dome having formed by a VEI-3 eruption in 1870.

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Eruption history

16 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
14
Uncertain eruptions
2
Span of confirmed record
1870 – 2021
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 3 (1870)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
13
Summary (VEI over time)
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1870~1885 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31900~1915 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21915~1930 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21930~1946 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1946~1961 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 21961~1976 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21976~1991 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 11991~2006 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 22006~2021 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 018701900194619762006

Detailed timeline

  1. 2021VEI 0Observed
    2021-11-28 – 2021-11-29
  2. 2013VEI 0Observed
    2013-08-20 – 2013-08-20
    Hobal (submarine vent on SE flank)
  3. 1999VEI 0Observed
    1999-05-22 – 1999-09-16
    Hobal (submarine vent on SE flank)
  4. 1993VEI 2Observed
    1993-09-15 – 1993-09-19
    Hobal (submarine vent on SE flank)
  5. 1983VEI 1Observed
    1983-08-17 – 1983-08-18
    Hobal (submarine vent on SE flank)
  6. 1976VEI 0Method not stated
    1976-03-08 – end unknown
    Hobal (submarine vent on SE flank)
  7. 1973VEI 2Observed
    1973-12-05 – 1974-08-22
    Hobal (submarine vent on SE flank)
  8. 1952VEI 1Observed
    1952-03-24 – end unknown
  9. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-11-12 – 1951-11-16
  10. 1950VEI 2Observed
    1950-09-10 – 1950-10-02
  11. 1949VEI 2Observed
    1949-04-09 – 1949-04-29
  12. 1948VEI 2Observed
    1948-04-07 – 1948-11-26
    East flank (Iligripe)
  13. 1941VEI ?Method not stated
    1941-06-05 – end unknown
  14. 1928VEI 2Observed
    1928-07-02 – end unknown
    Iliwerung
  15. 1910VEI 2Observed
    1910-07-02 – end unknown
    Iliwerung
  16. 1870VEI 3Observed
    1870-07-02 – end unknown
    Iliwerung (Iliadowajo)

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