Mount Sempu

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Mount Sempu
Elevation 1,549 metres (5,082 ft)[1]
Location Sulawesi, Indonesia
Coordinates 1.13° N 124.758° E
Type Caldera
Last eruption Unknown

Mount Sempu in the northern arm of Sulawesi, Indonesia, contains a 3 km wide of caldera. A maar, called Kawah Masem, was formed in the southwest of the caldera and contains a crater lake. Sulfur deposits have been extracted from the maar since 1938. Historical records, however, are unknown from the volcano.[1]

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