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Sumbing (Central Java) volcano

stratovolcano 3371 m / 11,060 ft
Central Java, Indonesia, -7.38°S / 110.07°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
Typical eruption style: Explosive
Sumbing (Central Java) volcano eruptions:
Sumbing (Central Java) volcano photos
The large Sumbing volcano in Central Java west of Merapi dominates the landscape between Yogyakarta and the Dieng plateau. It is not certain wether the volcano has erupted in historic times, but it is considered one of Indonesia's active volcanoes. The summit of Sumbing contains an 800 m wide crater breached to NE where a geologically young lava dome was built feeding a lava flow down to 2400 m elevation.
Note: another volcano called Sumbing is found on Sumatra.

Background:

Sumbing has two prominent flank vents: Pentarangan parasitic cone (1292 m) on the north base, and the Namu parasitic cone (1033 m) on its SW base.

Sumbing (Central Java) Photos:

(Photo: Jorge Santos)
(Photo: Jorge Santos)
 A powerful vulcanian-type explosion shakes the ground. Many incandescent bombs are thrown many hundreds of meters into the night sky, and many of them land outside the crater. Note, that most blocks are actually NOT glowing, making a further approach to Bromo quite dangerous. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
A powerful vulcanian-type explosion shakes the ground. Many incandescent bombs are thrown many hundreds of meters into the night sky, and many of them land outside the cr...
 The eruption of Merapi seen from Tunggularum (24 May 2006). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The eruption of Merapi seen from Tunggularum (24 May 2006).
(Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Very rare and big (2cm!) Olivine crystal at a rock of the Tengger caldera (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
Very rare and big (2cm!) Olivine crystal at a rock of the Tengger caldera (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
 View towards the extinct volcano Cikuray (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
View towards the extinct volcano Cikuray (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
 The active lava dome of Kelut volcano in East Java (Nov 2007) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
The active lava dome of Kelut volcano in East Java (Nov 2007) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)


Discredited report about an eruption in 2008
A report from the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in August 2008 reports a pilot observing an ash cloud from Sumbing volcano. No other confirmation about activity at Sumbing has been known from ground observation or other remote sensing, which is why it is believed that there actually was no eruption from Sumbing. A possibility could be that the "volcanic ash cloud" from Sumbing was a could of dust or smoke caused by bush fires etc, or if it was a volcanic ash cloud, that it came from a different volcano.