Kerinci Volcano
Updated: Apr 18, 2024 17:33 GMT -
Stratovolcano 3800 m / 12,467 ft
Sumatra (Indonesia), -1.7°S / 101.27°E
Current status: restless (2 out of 5)
Sumatra (Indonesia), -1.7°S / 101.27°E
Current status: restless (2 out of 5)
Last update: 17 Oct 2023 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report)
The 3800-m-high Gunung Kerinci in central Sumatra is Indonesia's highest volcano and one of the most active in Sumatra.
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Frequent moderate explosive eruptions.
Kerinci volcano eruptions: 1838, 1842, 1874(?), 1878, 1908-09, 1921, 1923, 1936, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1952, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969-70, 1971(?), 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001-02, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
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Background
Kerinci is capped by an unvegetated young summit cone that was constructed NE of an older crater remnant. The volcano contains a deep 600-m-wide summit crater often partially filled by a small crater lake that lies on the NE crater floor, opposite the SW-rim summit of Kerinci.The massive 13 x 25 km wide volcano towers 2400-3300 m above surrounding plains and is elongated in a N-S direction. The frequently active Gunung Kerinci has been the source of numerous moderate explosive eruptions since its first recorded eruption in 1838.
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Source: GVP, Smithsonian Institute
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