Mount Slamet

Mount Slamet
Mount Slamet

Mt Slamet during colonial period, 1910.
Elevation 3,428 m (11,247 ft) [1]
Prominence 3,284 m (10,774 ft) [2]
Ranked 65th
Listing Ultra
Ribu
Location
Mount Slamet is located in Java Topography
Mount Slamet
Location on Java, Indonesia
Location Java, Indonesia
Coordinates 7°14′21″S 109°13′12″E / 7.23917°S 109.22°E / -7.23917; 109.22Coordinates: 7°14′21″S 109°13′12″E / 7.23917°S 109.22°E / -7.23917; 109.22[2]
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 2009

Mount Slamet or Gunung Slamet is an active stratovolcano in Central Java, Indonesia. It has a cluster of around three dozens of cinder cones on the lower southeast-northeast flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. The volcano is composed by two overlapping edifices. Four craters are found at the summit. Historical eruptions have been recorded since the eighteenth century.[1]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b "Slamet". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0603-18=. Retrieved 2006-12-22. 
  2. ^ a b "Indonesian high-prominence peaks". Peaklist.org.

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