Mount Salak
Salak
Stratovolcano · Indonesia · 2218m
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2218m
- Coordinates
- -6.716, 106.733
- Last eruption
- 1938
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary
The forested Salak volcano was constructed at the NE end of an eroded volcanic range. Satellitic cones occur on the SW flank and at the northern foot, and two large breached craters truncate the summit. One crater is breached to the NE and the westernmost crater was the source of a debris-avalanche deposit that extends 10 km WNW of the summit. Phreatic explosions have been recorded from a solfataric area at 1,400 m on the western flank. Salak volcano has been the site of extensive geothermal exploration.
Eruption history
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1938VEI 2Observed1938-01-31 – OngoingKawah Cikaluwung Putri
- 1935VEI 2Observed1935-02-16 – OngoingKawah Cikaluwung Putri
- 1919VEI 2Observed1919-07-02 – OngoingKawah Ratu
- 1902VEI 2Observed1902-07-02 – 1903-07-02Kawah Ratu
- 1780VEI 2Observed1780 – OngoingKawah Ratu
- 1699VEI ?Geological estimate1699-01-05 – OngoingSalak 3
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