Mount Mahawu

Mount Mahawu
Crater
Highest point
Elevation 1,324 m (4,344 ft) [1]
Coordinates 1°21′29″N 124°51′29″E / 1.358°N 124.858°E / 1.358; 124.858Coordinates: 1°21′29″N 124°51′29″E / 1.358°N 124.858°E / 1.358; 124.858 [1]
Geography
Mount Mahawu
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano
Last eruption November 1977

Mount Mahawu is a stratovolcano located immediately east from Lokon-Empung volcano in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The volcano is capped with 180 m wide and 140 m deep crater with two pyroclastic cones in the northern flanks. A small explosive eruption was recorded in 1789. In 1994, fumaroles, mudpots and small geysers actitivies were observed along the greenish shore of a crater lake.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mahawu". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  • Mahawu - Global Volcanism Program
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