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Sibayak volcano

stratovolcano 2212 m
Sumatra, Indonesia, 3.25°N / 98.5°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
Typical eruption style: Explosive
Sibayak volcano eruptions: 1881
Sibayak and Pinto are twin volcanoes within a compound caldera open to the north.

Background:

The 900-m-wide crater of Sibayak is partially filled on the north by Pinto volcano. A lava flow traveled through a gap in the western crater wall from the summit lava dome of Sibayak. Area residents record legends of eruptions. Neumann van Padang (1983) cited a report by Hoekstra of ash clouds that were emitted from the volcano in 1881.