Talakmau volcano
Updated: Jul 3, 2022 17:15 GMT - Refresh
stratovolcano 2919 m
Sumatra (Indonesia), 0.08°N / 99.98°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Sumatra (Indonesia), 0.08°N / 99.98°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Talakmau (also known as Talamau) is a massive compound volcano rising above the western coastal plain of Sumatra.
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Talakmau volcano eruptions: 1937 (smoke emission)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes
Background
The andesitic-dacitic volcano is constructed along a NE-SW line, rising to 2912 m, more than 700 m above its twin volcano Pasaman to the SW, which has its own adventive cone, Bukit Nilam, lying 3.4 km to the SW. Three craters along the same NE-SW trend occur at the summit of Talakmau; the NE-most and highest crater is filled by a lava dome. Reports of historical eruptions, including one with rumblings and "smoke" emission in 1937, are considered doubtful, but eruptive activity has occurred during the Holocene.Source: Smithsonian GVP
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