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Sarik Merapi

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Also known as Sorik Marapi

Sorikmarapi is a highly vegetated stratovolcano on Sumatra island, Indonesia. It has a 600 m wide of crater lake at the summit and some sulfur deposits. A small parasitic crater, called Danau Merah, is found at the upper southeast flank of the mountain and several solfatara fields at the eastern flank. During the 19th and 20th century, small phreatic eruptions occurred.

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Mountain.name
Sorikmarapi
Mountain.photo
Sorikmarapi.jpg
Mountain.elevation_m
2,145
Mountain.location
Sumatra, Indonesia
Mountain.type
stratovolcano
Mountain.volcanic_arc
Sunda Arc
Mountain.last_eruption
July 1986

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Sorikmarapi is a highly vegetated stratovolcano on Sumatra island, Indonesia. It has a 600 m wide of crater lake at the summit and some sulfur deposits. A small parasitic crater, called Danau Merah, is found at the upper southeast flank of the mountain and several solfatara fields at the eastern flank. During the 19th and 20th century, small phreatic eruptions occurred.

Kaishan Compressor, a Chinese company geothermal project accident killed 5 in 2021 by leaking hydrogen sulfide gas at the volcano.

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