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Mountain Slamet

Slamet

Stratovolcano · Indonesia · 3428m

The summit crater of Slamet, Java's second highest volcano at over 3.4 km elevation. Historical eruptions at Slamet have been recorded since the 18th century and have originated from a 150-m-deep, 450-m-wide, steep-walled crater (at the time of this photo). The eruptions have generally been explosive, lasting a few days to a few weeks.
The summit crater of Slamet, Java's second highest volcano at over 3.4 km elevation. Historical eruptions at Slamet have been recorded since the 18th century and have originated from a 150-m-deep, 450-m-wide, steep-walled crater (at the time of this photo). The eruptions have generally been explosive, lasting a few days to a few weeks. · Photo: Photo by I. Pratomo, 1990 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
3428m
Coordinates
-7.242, 109.208
Last eruption
2014
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

Slamet is one of Java's most active volcanoes. It has a cluster of about three dozen cinder cones on its lower SE-NE flanks and a single cinder cone on the W flank. It is composed of two overlapping edifices, an older basaltic andesite to andesitic volcano on the west and a younger basaltic to basaltic andesite one on the east. Gunung Malang II cinder cone on the upper E flank on the younger edifice fed a lava flow that extends 6 km E. Four craters occur at the summit of Gunung Slamet, with activity migrating to the SW over time. Eruptions recorded since the 18th century have originated from a 150-m-deep, 450-m-wide, steep-walled crater at the western part of the summit and have consisted of explosive eruptions generally lasting a few days to a few weeks.

From Wikipedia

Mount Slamet is an active stratovolcano that summits in the Pemalang Regency of Central Java, Indonesia. It has a cluster of around three dozen cinder cones on the lower southeast and northeast flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. The volcano is composed of two overlapping edifices. Four craters are found at the summit. Mount Slamet is a location with the coldest average temperature on the island of Java and one of the areas with the highest annual rainfall in Indonesia, namely 8,134.00 millimeters (mm) per year.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1772~1796 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21820~1845 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21845~1869 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21869~1893 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 21893~1917 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21917~1941 · 13 eruptions · max VEI 21941~1966 · 12 eruptions · max VEI 21966~1990 · 6 eruptions · max VEI 21990~2014 · 4 eruptions · max VEI 217721820189319411990

Detailed timeline

  1. 2014VEI 2Observed
    2014-03-08 – 2014-09-18
    Summit crater
  2. 2009VEI 1Observed
    2009-04-21 – 2009-06-22
  3. 2000VEI 1Geological estimate
    2000-07-16 – 2000-10-16
  4. 1999VEI 1Observed
    1999-05-01 – 1999-09-16
  5. 1988VEI 1Observed
    1988-07-12 – 1988-07-13
  6. 1974VEI 2Geological estimate
    1974-05-29 – 1974-05-29
  7. 1973VEI 1Observed
    1973-08-16 – Ongoing
  8. 1969VEI 2Observed
    1969-06-23 – 1969-08-16
  9. 1967VEI 2Observed
    1967-05-07 – 1967-07-16
  10. 1966VEI 2Observed
    1966-07-02 – Ongoing
  11. 1960VEI 2Observed
    1960-12-16 – 1961-01-16
  12. 1958VEI 2Observed
    1958-04-17 – 1958-05-07
  13. 1958VEI 2Observed
    1958-09-13 – 1958-11-05
  14. 1957VEI 2Observed
    1957-02-08 – 1957-02-08
  15. 1955VEI 2Observed
    1955-11-12 – 1955-12-20
  16. 1953VEI 2Observed
    1953-08-16 – 1953-10-16
  17. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-02-11 – Ongoing
  18. 1951VEI 2Observed
    1951-06-26 – 1952-01-01
  19. 1948VEI 2Observed
    1948-11-14 – 1948-12-15
  20. 1944VEI 2Observed
    1944-05-09 – 1944-10-30
  21. 1943VEI ?Geological estimate
    1943-03-18 – Ongoing
  22. 1943VEI 2Observed
    1943-10-02 – 1944-01-05
  23. 1940VEI 2Observed
    1940-03-15 – 1940-04-15
  24. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-03-29 – 1939-07-15
  25. 1939VEI 2Observed
    1939-12-04 – 1939-12-04
  26. 1937VEI ?Observed
    1937 – Ongoing
  27. 1934VEI ?Geological estimate
    1934 – Ongoing
  28. 1933VEI 1Observed
    1933-05-12 – 1933-05-13
  29. 1932VEI 2Observed
    1932-07-01 – 1932-09-10
  30. 1930VEI 2Observed
    1930-04-02 – 1930-04-13
  31. 1929VEI 2Observed
    1929-06-06 – 1929-06-15
  32. 1928VEI 2Observed
    1928-03-20 – 1928-05-12
  33. 1927VEI 2Observed
    1927-02-27 – 1927-02-27
  34. 1926VEI 2Observed
    1926-11-23 – 1926-11-30
  35. 1923VEI 2Observed
    1923-06-02 – 1923-06-02
  36. 1904VEI 2Observed
    1904-07-14 – 1904-08-09
  37. 1890VEI 2Observed
    1890-08-06 – 1890-08-29
  38. 1885VEI 2Observed
    1885-03-21 – 1885-03-30
  39. 1875VEI 2Observed
    1875-05-29 – 1875-06-04
  40. 1875VEI 2Observed
    1875-11-02 – 1875-12-26
  41. 1860VEI 2Observed
    1860-03-19 – 1860-04-11
  42. 1849VEI 2Observed
    1849-12-01 – Ongoing
  43. 1847VEI 2Observed
    1847-03-20 – Ongoing
  44. 1835VEI 2Observed
    1835-09 – 1835-09
  45. 1825VEI 2Observed
    1825-10 – Ongoing
  46. 1772VEI 2Observed
    1772-08-11 – 1772-08-12

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