Sumbing (Central Java) volcano
Stratovolcano 3371 m / 11,060 ft
Central Java, Indonesia, -7.38°S / 110.07°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
Sumbing (Central Java) volcano books
Central Java, Indonesia, -7.38°S / 110.07°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
Sumbing (Central Java) volcano books
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Typical eruption style: Explosive
Sumbing (Central Java) volcano eruptions:
Sumbing (Central Java) volcano eruptions:
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Note: another volcano called Sumbing is found on Sumatra.
Background:
Sumbing has two prominent flank vents: Pentarangan parasitic cone (1292 m) on the north base, and the Namu parasitic cone (1033 m) on its SW base.Sumbing (Central Java) Photos:
 View over Sumbing and Sundoro stratovolcanoes in Central Java, seen from the top of Merapi (Feb 2015) (image: Юлия Грубник) (Photo: ThomasH) |
Discredited report about an eruption in 2008
A report from the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in August 2008 reports a pilot observing an ash cloud from Sumbing volcano. No other confirmation about activity at Sumbing has been known from ground observation or other remote sensing, which is why it is believed that there actually was no eruption from Sumbing. A possibility could be that the "volcanic ash cloud" from Sumbing was a could of dust or smoke caused by bush fires etc, or if it was a volcanic ash cloud, that it came from a different volcano.
A report from the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in August 2008 reports a pilot observing an ash cloud from Sumbing volcano. No other confirmation about activity at Sumbing has been known from ground observation or other remote sensing, which is why it is believed that there actually was no eruption from Sumbing. A possibility could be that the "volcanic ash cloud" from Sumbing was a could of dust or smoke caused by bush fires etc, or if it was a volcanic ash cloud, that it came from a different volcano.
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