Mount Slamet | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,432 m (11,260 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 3,328 m (10,919 ft)[2] Ranked 65th |
Listing | Ultra Ribu |
Coordinates | 7°14′21″S 109°13′12″E / 7.23917°S 109.22000°E[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Java, Indonesia |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | March to September 2014 |
Mount Slamet (Indonesian: Gunung Slamet) is an active stratovolcano in the Purbalingga Regency of Central Java, Indonesia. It has a cluster of around three dozen cinder cones on the lower southeast-northeast flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. The volcano is composed of two overlapping edifices. Four craters are found at the summit. Mount Slamet is a mountain with the coldest average temperature on the island of Java and one of the areas with the highest annual rainfall in Indonesia, namely 8,134.00 millimeters (mm) per year.[3]
Historical eruptions have been recorded since the eighteenth century,[1] with its most recent events being in 2009 and 2014.[4] Its summit is Central Java's highest point.
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