Sorikmarapi

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Sorikmarapi

Elevation 2,145 metres (7,037 ft)[1]
Location Sumatra, Indonesia
Coordinates 0.686° N 99.539° E
Type stratovolcano
Last eruption 1986

Sorikmarapi is highly vegetated stratovolcano on Sumatra island, Indonesia. It has 600 m wide of crater lake at the summit and some sulfur deposits. Small parasitic crater, called Danau Merah, is found at the upper southeast flank of the mountain and several solfatara fields at the eastern flank. During the 19th and 20th century, small phreatic eruptions occurred.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Sorikmarapi. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.