Famous Volcanoes of Indonesia

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M A L A Y S I A

I N D O N E S I A

Sumatra

South China Sea

EAST TIMOR

BRUNEI

Java Sea Banda Sea

Arafura Sea

Celebes Sea P a c i f i c O c e a n

I n d i a n O c e a n

Borneo

New Guinea

PAPUA NEW

GUINEA

SINGAPORE

Java

Sulawasi

Dili

Jakarta

Kuala Lumpur

Bandar Seri Begawan

Cartographer: Tyler Faulstich 03/16/2007 Projection: Miller Cylindrical

Data Source: ESRI, 2005;Global Volcanism Project for images and text:

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/

SemeruThe highest volcano on Java, and one of its most active, having been in continuous activity since 1967.Larger eruptions have produced

pyroclastic flows and lahars that have caused fatalities.

TamboraLocated on Sumbawa Island

where, in April 1815, the world's largest historical eruption

occurred - causing an estimated 60,000 fatalities.

The large amount of tephra in the atmoshere caused world-wide

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Volcanoes of Indonesia

LEGEND

KrakatauAn 1883 eruption, the 2nd largest in Indonesia during historical time, caused more than 36,000 fatalities,

most as a result of devastating tsunamis that swept the adjacent coastlines of Sumatra and Java. 0 100 200 300 400

Miles

MerapiA stratovolcano capped by an un-vegetated,

growing lava-dome complex. Periodic collapse of the dome

has produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that have devastated populated areas

below the volcano.