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Mount Tandikat

Tandikat-Singgalang

Stratovolcano · Indonesia · 2879m

The historically active Gunung Tandikat lies across the Bukittinggi Plain from Marapi volcano in central Sumatra. The summit of Tandikat's neighboring volcano, Singgalang, is seen here from Bukittinggi city across the steep-walled Ngarai canyon north of the volcano. Gunung Tandikat contains a central cone and a small crater lake constructed within a larger 1.2-km-wide crater. Small explosive eruptions have occurred recently, including in 1924.
The historically active Gunung Tandikat lies across the Bukittinggi Plain from Marapi volcano in central Sumatra. The summit of Tandikat's neighboring volcano, Singgalang, is seen here from Bukittinggi city across the steep-walled Ngarai canyon north of the volcano. Gunung Tandikat contains a central cone and a small crater lake constructed within a larger 1.2-km-wide crater. Small explosive eruptions have occurred recently, including in 1924. · Photo: Photo by Tom Casadevall, 1987 (U.S. Geological Survey). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2879m
Coordinates
-0.431, 100.319
Last eruption
1924
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

This volcanic complex is dominated by the Singgalang stratovolcano and the smaller Tandikat edifice ~4.5 km SSW. They are located ~15 km WSW across the Bukittinggi plain from Marapi volcano. No eruptions are known from Singgalang, which hosts a lake in the summit crater. The summit of Tandikat has a partially eroded 1.2-km-wide crater containing a large central cone capped by a 360-m-wide crater containing a small lake. The only known eruptions are from Tandikat; three events reported in the late 19th and early 20th centuries produced minor explosive activity.

Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1889~1893 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 11914~1917 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 11921~1924 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 118891896190719141921

Detailed timeline

  1. 1924VEI 1Observed
    1924-04-16 – 1924-04-16
    Tandikat
  2. 1914VEI 1Observed
    1914-05-31 – Ongoing
    Tandikat
  3. 1892VEI ?Geological estimate
    1892-07-02 – Ongoing
    Tandikat
  4. 1889VEI 1Observed
    1889-02-19 – 1889-12-04
    Tandikat summit crater and upper NE flank

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