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Ambang

Type
Complex volcano
Elevation
1795m
Last eruption
2005
Ambang volcano, towering above farmlands below its western flank, is a large stratovolcano at the western end of a volcanic chain stretching across the northern arm of the island of Sulawesi. The only recorded historical eruption took place during the 1840's. Five solfatara fields occur at the summit of Gunung Ambang.
Ambang volcano, towering above farmlands below its western flank, is a large stratovolcano at the western end of a volcanic chain stretching across the northern arm of the island of Sulawesi. The only recorded historical eruption took place during the 1840's. Five solfatara fields occur at the summit of Gunung Ambang. · Photo: Anonymous, 1996.
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Western Pacific / Sangihe Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1795m
Coordinates
0.750, 124.420
Last eruption
2005
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

The compound Ambang volcano is the westernmost of the active volcanoes on the northern arm of Sulawesi.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Ambang is a complex of volcanoes at the western end of the northern arm of Sulawesi island, Indonesia. There are two lakes, lake Mo'oat and lake Tondok, at an elevation of 750 m. The larger of the two lakes is Mo'oat. Both of them are side by side. The volcano contains several craters up to 400 m in diameter and five solfatara fields. The only historical account of its eruption occurred sometime in the 1850s.

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Eruption history

2 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
2
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1845 (±5 yrs) – 2005
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 1 (2005)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
1
Summary (VEI over time)
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1845~1861 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1989~2005 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 118451877192519571989

Detailed timeline

  1. 2005VEI 1Observed
    2005-12-22 – end unknown
  2. 1845 (±5 yrs)VEI ?Observed
    1845-07-02 – end unknown

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