Papandayan volcano
stratovolcano 2665 m / 8,743 ft.
West Java, Indonesia, -7.32°S / 107.73°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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West Java, Indonesia, -7.32°S / 107.73°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Last update: 4 Jun 2016 (steaming)
Typical eruption style:
Papandayan volcano eruptions: 1772 (moderate eruption followed by a devastating debris avalanche), 1923, 1942, 2002
Typical eruption style:
Explosive. At present strong fumarolic activity.
Papandayan volcano eruptions: 1772 (moderate eruption followed by a devastating debris avalanche), 1923, 1942, 2002
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Background:
The broad 1.1-km-wide, flat-floored Alun-Alun crater truncates the summit of Papandayan, and Gunung Puntang to the north gives the volcano a twin-peaked appearance. Several episodes of collapse have given the volcano an irregular profile and produced debris avalanches that have impacted lowland areas beyond the volcano. A sulfur-encrusted fumarole field occupies historically active Kawah Mas ("Golden Crater").After its first historical eruption in 1772, in which collapse of the NE flank produced a catastrophic debris avalanche that destroyed 40 villages and killed nearly 3000 persons, only small phreatic eruptions had occurred prior to an explosive eruption that began in November 2002.
(Source: GVP)
Papandayan Photos:
 Block and ash deposit inside Papandayan's crater (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
 Hot fumarole at the 2001 crater of Papandayan volcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |  Steaming fumaroles inside Papandayan's crater (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
 The crater of Papandayan volcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
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Fumaroles at Papandayan volcano
Unrooted tree (2002 eruption of Papandayan volcano)
Colorful water pools
A small pond filled with boiling mud (Papandayan volcano)
