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During the night of 20 February 1979, the Sinila volcano of the Dieng Volcanic Complex erupted on the Indonesian island of Java in Central Java province. Over 175 people died, mainly due to gas poisoning in villages on the plateau near the Sinila crater. [7] [8] It was the fourth Sinila eruption since 1928, and the first one since 1951.
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Basalt columns seen on Porto Santo Island, Portugal. Columnar jointing of volcanic rocks exists in many places on Earth. Perhaps the most famous basalt lava flow in the world is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, in which the vertical joints form polygonal columns and give the impression of having been artificially constructed.
View of Semeru and Bromo eruption with Mount Batok in East Java. The Indonesian island of Java is almost entirely of volcanic origin, and contains numerous volcanoes, 45 of which are considered active volcanoes. As is the case for many other Indonesian islands, volcanoes have played a vital role in the geological and human history of Java.
Yellowstone Caldera—Lava Creek Tuff: 0.639: Yellowstone hotspot: 1,000 Last large eruption in the Yellowstone National Park area estimated energy yield 875,000 megatons of tnt [39] [9] [10] Awasa Caldera: 1.09 Main Ethiopian Rift: 1,000 [40] Cerro Galán: 2.2 Catamarca Province, Argentina 1,000 Elliptical caldera is ~35 km wide [41]
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The toponym of the volcanic fissure is the same as that of the area to the east of the Nāpau crater where it opened. [2] [3] As Kamoamoa does not appear as a single volcanic cone, it is not preceded by the Hawaiian term Puʻu, meaning "hill", unlike Puʻu Kamoamoa, an ancient cone located just northeast of the fissure but covered by Puʻu ʻŌʻō since its formation in 1983.