Punikan volcano

Updated: Aug 12, 2022 21:48 GMT - Refresh

Unknown 1490 m / 4888 ft
Indonesia, -8.47°S / 116.13°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Punikan volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

Punikan is a young volcanic cone, part of the Quaternary volcanic arc (van Bemmelen 1949b).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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