Indonesia · Pyroclastic cone
Mount Tarakan
Tarakan
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone
- Elevation
- 317m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Pyroclastic cone
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Western Pacific / Halmahera Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 317m
- Coordinates
- 1.832, 127.825
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Minor (basaltic)
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Two cinder cones between Galela Bay and Lake Galela on norther Halmahera, NE of Dukono volcano, were mapped by Supriatna (1980) as basaltic and Holocene. Tarakan Lamo and Tarakan Itji (large and small Tarakan) have well-formed summit craters 800 and 500 m in diameter, and 160 and 125 m deep, respectively.
Eruption history
GlossaryDetailed timeline
No eruption records available.
Nearby volcanoes
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