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Baluran volcano

stratovolcano 1247 m / 4,091 ft
East Java, Indonesia, -7.85°S / 114.37°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: Explosive
Baluran volcano eruptions: none in historic times No recent earthquakes
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Baluran is the easternmost volcano in Java and occupied the NE tip of the island. Gunung Baluran is a small andestic volcano with a broad U-shaped crater breached to the NE.
Baluran is located in the Baluran National Park which covers 25,000 hectares and is famous for its abundant wildlife including buffalo, deer, banteng, leaf monkeys, monitor lizards, squirrels, fruit bats, civet cats, and leopards.


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