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Mount Nila

Nila

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
781m
Last eruption
1968
Mount Nila
Photo: Rizal (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Inner Banda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
781m
Coordinates
-6.730, 129.500
Last eruption
1968
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

The 5 x 6 km Nila Island in the Banda Sea is comprised of a low-rimmed caldera breached at sea level on the south and east, with a youthful forested cone. Phreatic eruptions from the dominantly andesitic volcano, also known as Laworkawra, have occurred from summit vents and flank fissures. A 1932 eruption from a fissure that extended from the summit to the SE coast produced heavy ashfall that forced abandonment of Rumadai village.

From Wikipedia

Nila volcano forms completely an isolated 5 × 6 km wide of island with the same name in the Barat Daya Islands of the Banda Sea, Indonesia. The volcano comprises a low caldera with its rims breach into the sea surface on the south and the east side. The dominantly andesitic volcano contains a young forested cone at the elevation of 781 m height.

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Eruption history

4 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1903~1910 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21929~1936 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21962~1968 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 119031916193619491962

Detailed timeline

  1. 1968VEI 1Observed
    1968-05-07 – 1968-06-16
    East flank
  2. 1964VEI 1Observed
    1964-03-16 – 1964-03-16
  3. 1932VEI 2Observed
    1932-03-13 – end unknown
    SE flank
  4. 1903VEI 2Observed
    1903-12-08 – end unknown

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