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Mount Serua

Serua

Stratovolcano · Indonesia · 608m

The small, 2 x 4 km island of Serua, seen here from the north, is elongated in a NE-SW direction. An unvegetated lava dome forms the summit of the volcano, which rises 3600 m above the Banda Sea floor. The 641-m-high truncated central cone is surrounded by an old somma wall. Serua, also known as Legatala, is one of the most active of the Banda Sea volcanoes, with many eruptions recorded since the 17th century.
The small, 2 x 4 km island of Serua, seen here from the north, is elongated in a NE-SW direction. An unvegetated lava dome forms the summit of the volcano, which rises 3600 m above the Banda Sea floor. The 641-m-high truncated central cone is surrounded by an old somma wall. Serua, also known as Legatala, is one of the most active of the Banda Sea volcanoes, with many eruptions recorded since the 17th century. · Photo: Copyrighted photo by Michael Thirnbeck, 2007.
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions / Inner Banda Volcanic Arc
Elevation
608m
Coordinates
-6.312, 130.017
Last eruption
1921
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Geological summary

The 2 x 4 km island of Serua is the emergent summit of a volcano rising 3,600 m above the Banda Sea floor. A truncated central cone surrounded by an old crater wall is capped by the Gunung Wuarlapna lava dome. This andesitic volcano, also known as Legatala, lies near the center of the Banda arc and has had many eruptions recorded since the 17th century.

Eruption history

Summary (VEI over time)
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1683~1707 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 41826~1850 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21850~1873 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21897~1921 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 216831731180218501897

Detailed timeline

  1. 1921VEI 2Observed
    1921-09-18 – Ongoing
    Summit and south flank
  2. 1919VEI 2Observed
    1919-11 – Ongoing
  3. 1859VEI 2Observed
    1859 – Ongoing
  4. 1858VEI 2Observed
    1858 – Ongoing
  5. 1846VEI 2Observed
    1846-09 – Ongoing
  6. 1845VEI 2Geological estimate
    1845 – Ongoing
  7. 1844VEI 2Observed
    1844-08 – 1844-09
  8. 1694VEI 3Observed
    1694 – Ongoing
  9. 1693VEI 4Observed
    1693-06-04 – 1693-07
  10. 1692VEI ?Geological estimate
    1692-06-04 – Ongoing
  11. 1687VEI 3Observed
    1687-06-15 – Ongoing
  12. 1683VEI 3Observed
    1683 – Ongoing

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