Gunungapi Wetar

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Gunungapi Wetar
Elevation 282 metres (925 feet)[1]
Location Banda Sea, Indonesia
Coordinates 6.642° S 126.65° E
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 1699

Gunungapi Wetar is an isolated island to the north of Wetar island in the Banda Sea, Indonesia. The island 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]

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  1. ^ a b Gunungapi Wetar. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institute. Retrieved on December 29, 2006.