Mount Salak

Mount Salak
Mount Salak

Mount Salak landscape from Bogor
Elevation 2,211 m (7,254 ft) [1]
Listing Ultra
Ribu
Location
Location Java, Indonesia
Coordinates 6°43′S 106°44′E / 6.72°S 106.73°E / -6.72; 106.73
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 1938

Mount Salak is an eroded volcanic range in West Java, Indonesia. Several satellite cones occur on the southeast flank and on the northern foot. Two craters are found at the summit. Mount Salak has been the site of a geothermal exploration.[1]. The name Salak is come from salak fruit.

See also

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External links

Media related to Mount Salak at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ a b "Salak". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0603-05=. Retrieved 2006-12-19. 



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