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Mount Teon

Teon

Stratovolcano · Indonesia · 728m

Teon Island, seen here from the south, is a roughly 15-km-wide island in the western Banda Sea. The 655-m-high forested summit rises 3700 m above the sea floor. Explosive eruptions, the most severe of which was in 1660, have been recorded since the 17th century from Teon (also known as Serawerna).
Teon Island, seen here from the south, is a roughly 15-km-wide island in the western Banda Sea. The 655-m-high forested summit rises 3700 m above the sea floor. Explosive eruptions, the most severe of which was in 1660, have been recorded since the 17th century from Teon (also known as Serawerna). · Photo: Photo by Ruska Hadian, 1975 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions / Inner Banda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
728m
Coordinates
-6.976, 129.144
Last eruption
1904
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

Teon, an elongated andesitic island volcano in the southwestern Banda arc, is also known as Serawerna, the name of its active crater. Another smaller crater is located to the NNE of Serawerna. Explosive eruptions have been recorded since the 17th century; the largest produced pyroclastic flows and surges in 1660 CE that caused damage and fatalities.

From Wikipedia

Mount Teon is an elongated island in the Banda Sea, Indonesia. Explosive eruptions have been recorded from the volcano since the seventeenth century.

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Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1659~1684 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 41684~1708 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31880~1904 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 216591708178218311880

Detailed timeline

  1. 1904VEI 2Observed
    1904-06-03 – Ongoing
  2. 1693VEI 3Observed
    1693 – Ongoing
  3. 1663VEI 3Observed
    1663-01-18 – Ongoing
  4. 1660VEI 4Observed
    1660-02 – Ongoing
  5. 1659VEI 3Observed
    1659-11-11 – Ongoing

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