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Mount Kaba

Kaba

Stratovolcano · Indonesia · 1962m

Gunung Kaba, rising above farmlands at Pematang Danau, has three large historically active craters trending ENE from the summit to the upper NE flank. The SW-most crater is the largest. Most historical activity has consisted of explosive eruptions that affected only the summit region of the volcano. They originated from the central summit craters, although the upper-NE flank crater Kawah Vogelsang also produced explosions during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Gunung Kaba, rising above farmlands at Pematang Danau, has three large historically active craters trending ENE from the summit to the upper NE flank. The SW-most crater is the largest. Most historical activity has consisted of explosive eruptions that affected only the summit region of the volcano. They originated from the central summit craters, although the upper-NE flank crater Kawah Vogelsang also produced explosions during the 19th and 20th centuries. · Photo: Photo by Setiadarma, 1989 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1962m
Coordinates
-3.516, 102.626
Last eruption
2000
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

The Kaba volcanic massif is ~8 km long, elongated WSW-ENE, with a summit area that includes multiple large craters. On the SW is the 1-km-diameter Hitam crater, with the Malintang cone and 400-m crater ~1 km NE, on the flank of the active 1-km-diameter Kaba crater. The smaller Mali crater is connected to Kaba, and Vogelsang cone is just beyond that to the NE. Another large forested cone is SE of the active craters. Most recorded eruptions have originated from the summit craters, and affected only the summit area. However, the upper-NE flank crater Kawah Vogelsang also produced explosions during the 19th and 20th centuries.

From Wikipedia

Bukit Kaba, is an active stratovolcano located in the Rejang Lebong Regency of the Bengkulu Province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Standing at an elevation of 1,952 meters above sea level, it is part of the Bukit Barisan mountain range that runs along the western spine of Sumatra. In 1833 an eruption ejected water from the crater lake, forming lahars that produced damage and fatalities at Talang, Klingi, and Bliti villages.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1833~1850 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21850~1866 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21866~1883 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21900~1917 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21917~1933 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21933~1950 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21950~1967 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21983~2000 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 118331866191719501983

Detailed timeline

  1. 2000VEI 1Observed
    2000-08-22 – 2000-08-27
  2. 1956VEI 2Observed
    1956-03-22 – 1956-03-28
  3. 1952VEI 2Observed
    1952-04-01 – 1952-04-28
  4. 1950VEI 1Observed
    1950-03-16 – 1951-04-16
    Kaba Vogelsang
  5. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-11-19 – 1941-03-14
    Kaba Baru, Kaba Lama
  6. 1918VEI 2Geological estimate
    1918-08-09 – Ongoing
  7. 1907VEI 2Observed
    1907 – Ongoing
    Kaba Baru
  8. 1873VEI 2Observed
    1873 – 1892-11-01
    Kaba Volgelsang and Kaba Baru
  9. 1868VEI 2Observed
    1868-10 – 1869
    Kaba Baru ? and Kaba Vogelsang
  10. 1853VEI 2Observed
    1853-11 – Ongoing
  11. 1838VEI ?Geological estimate
    1838 – Ongoing
  12. 1834VEI 2Observed
    1834-11 – Ongoing
  13. 1833VEI 2Observed
    1833-11-24 – 1833-11-25

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