Mount Ibu

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Mount Ibu
Elevation 1,325 metres (4,347 ft)[1]
Location Halmahera, Indonesia
Coordinates 1.488° N 127.63° E
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]

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  1. ^ a b Ibu. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.