Mount Besar

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Mount Besar
Elevation 1,899 metres (6,230 ft)[1]
Location Sumatra, Indonesia
Range Bukit Barisan
Coordinates 4.43° S 103.67° ECoordinates: 4.43° S 103.67° E
Type stratovolcano
Last eruption 1940

Mount Besar is a stratovolcano in the southeast of Sumatra, Indonesia. A minor sulfur deposit can be found in the crater. A big solfatara field called Marga Bayur is located along its north-southwest flanks or the Semangko fault system.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Mount Besar. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
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