Mount Sirung

Mount Sirung
Sirung caldera in 2004
Elevation	862 m (2,828 ft)
Location
Location	Pantar Island, East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesia)
Coordinates	8°31′S 124°08′E / 8.517°S 124.133°E / -8.517; 124.133
Geology
Type	Complex volcano
Last eruption	1970

Mount Sirung (Indonesian: Gunung Sirung) is an active volcano complex volcano located on Pantar Island in the Alor archipelago of the eastern Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara Timor. The crater rim can be reached by an easy hike from the village of Kakamauta. Inside the crater is a large sulphurous crater lake and several active steam vents. The volcano last erupted in 1970, and regular gas and clastic eruptions have occurred since 2004.

Aerial view

See also

Indonesia portal

• List of volcanoes in Indonesia

References

• "Sirung". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0604-27=. 

External links

• Volcano Live
• Geology of Mt. Sirung (in Indonesian)