| Mount Lokon | |
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| Elevation | 1,580 m (5,184 ft) [1] |
| Listing | Ribu |
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Mount Lokon
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| Location | Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Coordinates | [1] |
| Geology | |
| Type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 15 July, 2011 |
Mount Lokon, together with Mount Empung, is a twin volcano (2.2 km/1.4 mi apart) in the northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, roughly 10 km (6 mi) south of Manado. Both rise above the Tondano plain and are among active volcanoes of Sulawesi. Mount Lokon has a flat and craterless top.[1]
Lokon formed during a period of andesitic volcanism on ring fractures resulting from the Tondano caldera's early to mid-Pleistocene collapse. Recently-erupted material remains andesitic in composition [2] and consists of ash plumes and, less commonly, pyroclastic flows and lava domes. [1]
The volcano erupted on 15 July 2011, forcing thousands of people to evacuate.[3]
Indonesia has 129 volcanoes including Mount Lokon. The last major eruption of Mount Lokon before in 1991, killed a Swiss hiker and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.[4]