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Batu Tara

Tara, Batu

Stratovolcano · Indonesia · 633m

Batu Tara, seen here from the SE, is a small 3-km-wide island that is the summit of a large stratovolcano that rises from the Flores Sea about 50 km north of Lembata (formerly Lomblen) Island. The summit of the volcano is cut by a scarp on the eastern side (right) that is similar to the Sciara del Fuoco on Italy's Stromboli Island. Only a single historical eruption, during the mid-19th century, is known from Batu Tara.
Batu Tara, seen here from the SE, is a small 3-km-wide island that is the summit of a large stratovolcano that rises from the Flores Sea about 50 km north of Lembata (formerly Lomblen) Island. The summit of the volcano is cut by a scarp on the eastern side (right) that is similar to the Sciara del Fuoco on Italy's Stromboli Island. Only a single historical eruption, during the mid-19th century, is known from Batu Tara. · Photo: Photo by O. Rukman, 1981 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia). · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions / Sunda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
633m
Coordinates
-7.791, 123.585
Last eruption
2015
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
Geological summary

The small isolated island of Batu Tara in the Flores Sea ~50 km N of Lembata (fomerly Lomblen) Island and the main volcanic arc. A scarp on the eastern side reaches the sea, and vegetation covers the other flanks to within 50 m of the summit. This volcano is noted for its potassic leucite-bearing basanitic and tephritic rocks. The first recorded eruption, during 1847-52, produced explosions and a lava flow.

From Wikipedia

Batutara stratovolcano is a volcano located on the small isolated Komba Island in the Flores Sea in Indonesia. Vegetation covers the flanks of Batu Tara. The first historical eruption began in 1847 and ended in 1852 with explosions and lava flows.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1847~1865 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 22005~2022 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 218471882193519702005

Detailed timeline

  1. 2022VEI ?Observed
    2022-01-31 – 2022-01-31
  2. 2007VEI 2Observed
    2007-01-17 – 2015-11-26
  3. 2006VEI 1Geological estimate
    2006-07-01 – 2006-07-01
  4. 1847VEI 2Observed
    1847 – 1852-08-31

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