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Indonesia’s most active volcano, Mount Merapi, erupted on March 3, according to local reports, sending ash and steam 6 kilometers into the air and leading officials to close the Adi Soemarmo ...
It was Mount Merapi’s biggest lava flow since authorities raised its danger level in November 2020, said Hanik Humaida, the head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation ...
On the densely populated island of Java, Merapi unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock, and lava that traveled up to 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) down its slopes, said Agus Budi Santoso ...
Mount Merapi, colour lithograph, Junghuhn and Mieling, 1853–1854. Mount Merapi (Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ ꦩꦼꦫꦥꦶ, romanized: gunung měrapi, Indonesian: Gunung Merapi, lit. 'Fire Mountain') is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the ...
This category is about Mount Merapi and adjacent towns and countryside affected by the volcano in Central Java. Pages in category "Mount Merapi" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Capable of lava bombs and violent VEI 3 eruptions. Mount Merapi: 2,910 m (9,547 ft) Central Java/ Special Region of Yogyakarta: Indonesia: 5,050,000 (2019 est) [16] 2024 Whole of Special Region of Yogyakarta, and Klaten Regency: Mount Nyiragongo: 3,470 m (11,385 ft) North Kivu: Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2,000,000 22 May 2021 – present ...
Mount Merapi (left foreground) and Merbabu (right); with far view of Mount Ungaran, Sumbing, Sundoro, Dieng, and Slamet in Central Java Main article: List of volcanoes in Indonesia This list is of volcanoes from the west of Java to the east.
The active volcano Mount Merapi is directly adjacent on its southeast side, while the city of Salatiga is located on its northern foothills. A 1,500m high broad saddle lies between Merbabu and Merapi, [ 2 ] the site of the village of Selo, Java , and highly fertile [ 3 ] [ 4 ] farming land.