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Mount Cereme

Ciremai

Stratovolcano · Indonesia · 3039m

A small lake occupies the steep-walled summit crater of Cereme volcano in central Java in this 2004 view. The symmetrical stratovolcano is located closer to the northern coast than other central Java volcanoes. Eruptions have included explosive activity and lahars, primarily from the summit crater.
A small lake occupies the steep-walled summit crater of Cereme volcano in central Java in this 2004 view. The symmetrical stratovolcano is located closer to the northern coast than other central Java volcanoes. Eruptions have included explosive activity and lahars, primarily from the summit crater. · Photo: Photo by Cahya Patria, 2004 (Centre of Volcanology & Geological Hazard Mitigation, Volcanological Survey of Indonesia). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3039m
Coordinates
-6.895, 108.408
Last eruption
1951
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

The symmetrical Ciremai stratovolcano is located closer to the northern coast than other central Java volcanoes. A large crater, elongated in an E-W direction and formed by multiple vents, caps the summit of Gunung Ciremai, which was constructed on the northern rim of the 4.5 x 5 km Geger Halang caldera. A large landslide deposit to the north may be associated with the origin of the caldera, although collapse may rather be due to a voluminous explosive eruption (Newhall and Dzurisin, 1988). Eruptions have included explosive activity and lahars, primarily from the summit crater.

From Wikipedia

Mount Ciremai is a dominating symmetrical stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia. It is located to the southwest of the major town of Cirebon. Mt Ciremai is strikingly visible towards the south from the main west–east corridor (Jakarta-Surabaya) rail link along the north coast of Java. It is the highest point in West Java.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1698~1730 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31761~1793 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21793~1825 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21920~1952 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21983~2015 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?16981761185719201983

Detailed timeline

  1. 2015VEI ?Observed
    2015-06-24 – 2015-06-24
  2. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-03-01 – 1951-03-02
  3. 1937VEI 2Observed
    1937-06-24 – 1938-01-07
    Floor and north wall of East Crater
  4. 1805VEI 2Observed
    1805-04 – Ongoing
  5. 1775VEI 2Observed
    1775-01-04 – Ongoing
  6. 1772VEI 2Observed
    1772-08-11 – 1772-08-12
  7. 1698VEI 3Observed
    1698-02-03 – Ongoing

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