Mount Slamet

Mount Slamet
Mount Slamet seen from Limpakuwus paddy field
Highest point
Elevation3,432 m (11,260 ft)[1]
Prominence3,328 m (10,919 ft)[2]
Ranked 65th
ListingUltra
Ribu
Coordinates7°14′21″S 109°13′12″E / 7.23917°S 109.22000°E / -7.23917; 109.22000[2]
Geography
Mount Slamet is located in Java
Mount Slamet
Mount Slamet
Location on Java, Indonesia
LocationJava, Indonesia
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionMarch to September 2014
Relief Map
Mount Slamet eruption, August 26, 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.

  1. ^ a b "Slamet". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference peaklist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Curah Hujan Ketenger". banyumaskab.bps.go.id. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).