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Mahawu volcanoStratovolcano 1324 m / 4,344 ft
North Sulawesi & Sangihe Islands, Indonesia, 1.36°N / 124.86°E Current status: dormant (1 out of 5) [hide map] [enlarge map]
Typical eruption style:
Small explosive eruptions. Contains a crater lake with fumaroles and small geysers. Mahawu volcano eruptions: 1788, 1789, 1846, 1904, 1952, 1958, 1977 Last earthquakes nearby:
Mahawu is capped by a 180-m-wide, 140-m-deep crater that sometimes contains a small crater lake, and has two pyroclastic cones on its northern flank. Less active than its neighbor, Lokon-Empung, Mahawu's historical activity has been restricted to occasional small explosive eruptions recorded since 1789. In 1994 fumaroles, mudpots, and small geysers were observed along the shores of a greenish-colored crater lake. |
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