Mount Sumbing (Sumatra)

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Mount Sumbing
Elevation 2,507 metres (8,225 ft)[1]
Location Sumatra, Indonesia
Coordinates 2.414° S 101.728° E
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 1921

Mount Sumbing is a stratovolcano in the central of Sumatra, Indonesia. The volcano has a complicated summit region with several craters and a 180 m long crater lake.

[edit] Eruptions

Only two known historical eruptions have taken place, one in 1909 and another in 1921. Hot springs occurred in the southwest foot of the volcano.[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Sumbing. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.


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