Mount Tarakan

Tarakan

Cono piroclastico · Indonesia · 317 m

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. · Foto: NASA Landsat 7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov) · Wikimedia Commons

Tipo: Cono piroclastico
Paese: Indonesia
Regione: Western Pacific Volcanic Regions / Halmahera Volcanic Arc
Altitudine: 317 m
Coordinate: 1.832, 127.825
Ultima eruzione: Sconosciuto
Contesto tettonico: Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Forma vulcanica: Minor (Basaltic)
Roccia principale: Basalt / Picro-Basalt

Sintesi geologica

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.

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Riassunto in inglese

Tarakan volcano is located in Indonesia's Halmahera island, near the shore of Galela Bay north east of Dukono volcano. Tarakan consists of two large cinder cones, namely Tarakan Lamo and Tarakan Itji.

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