Mount Lawu

Mount Lawu
Mount Lawu
Gunung Lawu
Elevation 3,265 m (10,712 ft) [1]
Prominence 3,118 m (10,230 ft) [2]
Listing Ultra
Ribu
Location
Mount Lawu is located in Indonesia
Mount Lawu
Location in Java, Indonesia
Location Java, Indonesia
Coordinates 07°37′30″S 111°11′30″E / 7.625°S 111.19167°E / -7.625; 111.19167Coordinates: 07°37′30″S 111°11′30″E / 7.625°S 111.19167°E / -7.625; 111.19167[1]
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 1885

Mount Lawu, or Gunung Lawu, is a massive compound stratovolcano straddling the border between East Java and Central Java, Indonesia. The north side is deeply eroded and the eastern side contains parasitic crater lakes and parasitic cones. A fumarolic area is located on the south flank at 2,550 m. The only reported activity of Lawu took place in 1885, when rumblings and light volcanic ash falls were reported.[1]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Lawu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0603-26=. Retrieved 2006-12-26. 
  2. ^ "Indonesian high-prominence peaks". peaklist.org. http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/indonesia.html. Retrieved 2006-12-30. 

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