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Mount Tarakan

Tarakan

Pyroclastic cone · Indonesia · 317m

Two cinder cones with circular craters are located above the center of this NASA Landsat image of northern Halmahera Island (with north to the top). The cones lie between Galela Lake and Galela Bay (upper right), with the town of Galela on its shore. Tarakan Lamo (on the east side of the lake) and Tarakan Itji (to the NW of Tarakan Lamo) have well-formed summit craters 800 and 500 m in diameter and 160 and 125 m deep, respectively.
Two cinder cones with circular craters are located above the center of this NASA Landsat image of northern Halmahera Island (with north to the top). The cones lie between Galela Lake and Galela Bay (upper right), with the town of Galela on its shore. Tarakan Lamo (on the east side of the lake) and Tarakan Itji (to the NW of Tarakan Lamo) have well-formed summit craters 800 and 500 m in diameter and 160 and 125 m deep, respectively. · Photo: NASA Landsat 7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov) · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Pyroclastic cone
Country
Indonesia
Region
Western Pacific / Halmahera Volcanic Arc
Elevation
317m
Coordinates
1.832, 127.825
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Minor (Basaltic)
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Geological summary

Two cinder cones between Galela Bay and Lake Galela on norther Halmahera, NE of Dukono volcano, were mapped by Supriatna (1980) as basaltic and Holocene. Tarakan Lamo and Tarakan Itji (large and small Tarakan) have well-formed summit craters 800 and 500 m in diameter, and 160 and 125 m deep, respectively.

Eruption history

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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