Mount Sirung

Mount Sirung

Sirung caldera in 2004
Elevation 862 m (2,828 ft)
Location
Location Pantar Island, East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesia)
Geology
Type Complex volcano
Last eruption 1970

Mount Sirung (Indonesian: Gunung Sirung) is an active volcano complex volcano located on Pantar Island in the Alor archipelago of the eastern Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara Timor. The crater rim can be reached by an easy hike from the village of Kakamauta. Inside the crater is a large sulphurous crater lake and several active steam vents. The volcano last erupted in 1970, and regular gas and clastic eruptions have occurred since 2004.

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