Mount Egon

Mount Egon
Mount Egon
Flores Island, Indonesia
Elevation 1,703 m (5,587 ft) [1]
Listing Ribu
Location
Coordinates [1]
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 2008[1]

Mount Egon (Gunung Egon, sometimes also called Gunung Namang) is a stratovolcano located in the southeastern part of the island of Flores, Indonesia in the area of Maumere bay. A landslide during the eruption on 29 January 2004 forced 6,000 people to evacuate the area. Activity of Gunung Egon on 15 April 2008 forced thousands of people to evacuate.[2] Quakes and fumes from the volcano have been occurring since November 2010, designating Egon as one of 11 volcanoes in Indonesia on the highest level alert.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Egon". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0604-16=. Retrieved 2006-08-15. 
  2. ^ sunda-islands.com/Malaysia Discovery Encyclopedia Article on Gunung Egon
  3. ^ "Mount Egon increases volcanic activity". The Jakarta Post. November 4, 2010. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/11/04/mount-egon-increases-volcanic-activity.html. Retrieved 2011-01-10.