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Gunung Guntur

Guntur

Complex volcano · Indonesia · 2251m

Gunung Guntur at the right center is the youngest cone of the volcanic complex. It consists of a younger SW part consisting of cones lying along a NW-SE trend and an older, more eroded complex to the NW. Youthful lava flows can be seen on the lower right-hand flanks of Guntur, whose name means "thunder," a reflection of frequent eruptions in the 19th century.
Gunung Guntur at the right center is the youngest cone of the volcanic complex. It consists of a younger SW part consisting of cones lying along a NW-SE trend and an older, more eroded complex to the NW. Youthful lava flows can be seen on the lower right-hand flanks of Guntur, whose name means "thunder," a reflection of frequent eruptions in the 19th century. · Photo: Photo by Ruska Hadian, 1988 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
2251m
Coordinates
-7.143, 107.841
Last eruption
1847
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

Guntur is a complex of several overlapping stratovolcanoes about 10 km NW of the city of Garut in western Java. Young lava flows, the most recent of which was erupted in 1840, are visible on the flanks of the erosionally unmodified Gunung Guntur, which rises about 1550 m above the plain of Garut. It is one of a group of younger cones constructed to the SW of an older eroded group of volcanoes at the NE end of the complex. Guntur, whose name means "thunder," is the only center with recorded activity, with eruptions since the late-17th century. Although it produced frequent explosive eruptions in the 19th century, it has not erupted since.

From Wikipedia

Mount Guntur is an active stratovolcano in western Java. However, since the 19th century, it has not erupted. The name Guntur means "thunder" in the Sundanese language.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1690~1710 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31769~1789 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21789~1808 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21808~1828 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 21828~1848 · 12 eruptions · max VEI 31867~1887 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?16901729178918281867

Detailed timeline

  1. 1887VEI ?Geological estimate
    1887 – Ongoing
  2. 1885VEI ?Geological estimate
    1885-01-18 – Ongoing
  3. 1847VEI 2Observed
    1847-10-16 – 1847-10-28
  4. 1843VEI 3Observed
    1843-01-04 – 1843-01-04
  5. 1843VEI 2Observed
    1843-11-26 – 1843-11-26
  6. 1841VEI 2Observed
    1841-11-14 – 1841-11-14
  7. 1840VEI 2Observed
    1840-05-20 – 1840-05-24
  8. 1836VEI 2Observed
    1836-10-11 – Ongoing
  9. 1834VEI 2Observed
    1834-12 – 1835-01
  10. 1833VEI 2Observed
    1833-09-01 – Ongoing
  11. 1832VEI 2Observed
    1832-01-16 – Ongoing
  12. 1832VEI 2Observed
    1832-08-08 – 1832-08-13
  13. 1829VEI 2Observed
    1829 – Ongoing
  14. 1828VEI 2Observed
    1828-05-14 – 1828-07-08
  15. 1827VEI 2Observed
    1827-05-13 – Ongoing
  16. 1825VEI 2Observed
    1825-06-14 – 1825-06-15
  17. 1818VEI 2Observed
    1818-10-21 – 1818-10-24
  18. 1816VEI 2Observed
    1816-09-21 – Ongoing
  19. 1815VEI 2Observed
    1815-08-15 – Ongoing
  20. 1809VEI 2Observed
    1809-05-09 – Ongoing
  21. 1807VEI 2Observed
    1807-09-01 – 1807-09-06
  22. 1803VEI 2Observed
    1803-04-03 – 1803-04-15
  23. 1800VEI ?Observed
    1800 – Ongoing
  24. 1780VEI 2Observed
    1780 – Ongoing
  25. 1777VEI 2Observed
    1777 – Ongoing
  26. 1690VEI 3Observed
    1690 – Ongoing

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