Mount Lokon
| Mount Lokon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,580 m (5,180 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Ribu |
| Geography | |
  Mount Lokon Location on Sulawesi island | |
| Location | Sulawesi,  Indonesia |
| Region | ID |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 2011 |
Mount Lokon, together with Mount Empung, is a twin volcano (2.2 km (1.4 mi)* apart) in the northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, roughly 10 km (6 mi) south of Manado. Both rise above the Tondano plain and are among active volcanoes of Sulawesi. Mount Lokon has a flat and craterless top.[1]
Lokon formed during a period of andesitic volcanism on ring fractures resulting from the Tondano caldera's early to mid-Pleistocene collapse. Recently-erupted material remains andesitic in composition [2] and consists of ash plumes and, less commonly, pyroclastic flows and lava domes. [1]
The volcano erupted on 14 July 2011, forcing thousands of people to evacuate.[3]
Mount Lokon is one of about 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia. Its last major eruption in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Lokon-Empung". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ "Lahendong". Lahendong. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- ^ "Indonesians flee volcano eruption on Sulawesi". BBC News. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
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