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Poco Ranakah is a volcano located in the south-central part of the island of Flores, Indonesia. Its tallest lava dome, Poco Mandasawu is the tallest mountain of the island. A new lava dome, named Anak Ranakah (the child of Ranakah) was formed there in 1987. The volcano erupted again in 1991. In 2011, diffuse white plumes were seen rising from Anak Ranakah Dome, although no ash was detected.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Poco Ranakah
Mountain.photo
Anak Ranakah.jpg
Mountain.elevation_m
2,350
Mountain.prominence
2,350 m (7,710 ft)
Mountain.location
Flores Island, Indonesia
Mountain.map
Indonesia Flores
Mountain.type
Lava domes
Mountain.volcanic_arc
Sunda Arc
Mountain.last_eruption
March 1991

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
volcano
Country
Indonesia
Elevation
2350
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Image
Anak Ranakah.jpg
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Commons category
Ranakah
located in/on physical feature
Flores Island
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Poco Ranakah is a volcano located in the south-central part of the island of Flores, Indonesia. Its tallest lava dome, Poco Mandasawu is the tallest mountain of the island. A new lava dome, named Anak Ranakah (the child of Ranakah) was formed there in 1987. The volcano erupted again in 1991. In 2011, diffuse white plumes were seen rising from Anak Ranakah Dome, although no ash was detected.

== See also == List of volcanoes in Indonesia

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poco Ranaka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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