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NewsFriday, Sep 28, 2012
Tondano Lake is a large caldera lake in northern Sulawesi (Indonesia), best known as for its popular local recreation areas. Few know it is what is nowadays usually called a SUPERVOLCANO, similar to Yellowstone with a big difference: it is currently erupting. As Carl on VolcanoCafe in a brilliant article (s. below) points out, a single small earthquake at Yellowstone outperforms it in popularity. ...
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Tondano volcanocaldera 1202 m / 3,944 ft
North Sulawesi & Sangihe Islands, Indonesia, 1.23°N / 124.83°E Current status: dormant (1 out of 5) [hide map] [enlarge map]
Last update: 29 Jan 2013
Typical eruption style: Explosive Tondano volcano eruptions: none in historic times Last earthquakes nearby:
Background:The caldera was formed perhaps as much as several million years ago. Younger cones are present in the caldera, as well as obsidian flows, and thermal areas. Lake Tondano lies adjacent the well-defined eastern caldera rim.The active andesitic-to-basaltic stratovolcanoes Soputan, Sempu, Lokon-Empung and Mahawu have formed on the poorly defined southern and northern rims of the caldera. The age of the latest eruptions within the caldera is not known, although thermal areas occur at Batu Kolok and Sarangson, and at the Tampusu cinder cone and Lahendong maar. --- Source: GVP |
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