- Mount Ibu
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Mount Ibu Elevation 1,325 m (4,347 ft) [1] Listing Ribu Location Location Halmahera, Indonesia Coordinates 1°29′17″N 127°37′48″E / 1.488°N 127.63°E Geology Type Stratovolcano Last eruption 2011 (continuing) Mount Ibu (Indonesian: Gunung Ibu) is a stratovolcano located at the northwest coast of Halmahera island, Indonesia. The summit is truncated and contains nested craters. The inner crater is 1 km wide and 400 m deep, while the outer is 1.2 km wide. A large parasitic cone is located at the northeast of the summit and a smaller one at the southwest. The latter feeds a lava flow down the west flank. A group of maars are located on the western and northern side of the volcano.[1]
Latest activity
August 2009 Volcanological Survey of Indonesia raised the eruption alert level for Ibu to "Orange".[2]
See also
- List of volcanoes in Indonesia
- Volcanological Survey of Indonesia
References
- ^ a b "Ibu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0608-03=. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ Ibu alert "Orange"
Categories:- Stratovolcanoes
- Active volcanoes of Indonesia
- Mountains of Indonesia
- Volcanoes of Halmahera
- Maars of Indonesia
- Crater lakes
- Maluku Islands and New Guinea (Indonesia) geography stubs
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