Mount Ibu
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Mount Ibu | |
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Elevation | 1,325 metres (4,347 ft)[1] |
Location | Halmahera, Indonesia |
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Type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | 2005 |
Mount Ibu stratovolcano lies along the nortwest coast of Halmahera island, Indonesia. The summit is truncated and contains a nested craters. The inner crater has 1 km wide and 400 m deep, while the outer is 1.2 km wide. A large parasitic cone is located at the northeast of the summit and a smaller one at the southwest. The latter feeds a lava flow down the west flank. A group of maars are located on the western and northern sides of the volcano.[1]