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Gunungapi Wetar

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Gunungapi Wetar
Highest point
Elevation282 m (925 ft)[1]
Coordinates6°38′31″S 126°39′00″E / 6.642°S 126.65°E / -6.642; 126.65
Geography
LocationBanda Sea, Indonesia
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruption1699
Gunungapi in the north of Wetar

Gunungapi Wetar is an isolated volcanic island to the north of Wetar island in the Banda Sea, Indonesia. The island, a stratovolcano, only extends 282 m above sea level, but the total height of the summit from the sea bed is over 5000 m. Explosions in 1512 and 1699 are the only historical eruptions of the volcano.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gunungapi Wetar". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2006-12-29.