Tangkuban Parahu
Location: 6.77° S, 1o7.60° E
Elevation: 2.084 m
Tangkubanparahu (also known as Tangkuban Perahu) is a broad
shield-like stratovolcano overlooking Indonesia's former capital
city of Bandung. The volcano was constructed within the 6 x 8 km
Pleistocene Sunda caldera, which formed about 190,000 years ago.
The volcano's low profile is the subject of legends referring to the
mountain of the "upturned boat." The rim of Sunda caldera forms
a prominent ridge on the western side; elsewhere the caldera rim is
largely buried by deposits of Tangkubanparahu volcano. The
dominantly small phreatic historical eruptions recorded since the 19th century have originated
from several nested craters within an elliptical 1 x 1.5 km summit depression. (Global Volcanism
Program)
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shield-like stratovolcano overlooking Indonesia's former capital
city of Bandung. The volcano was constructed within the 6 x 8 km
Pleistocene Sunda caldera, which formed about 190,000 years ago.
The volcano's low profile is the subject of legends referring to the
mountain of the "upturned boat." The rim of Sunda caldera forms
a prominent ridge on the western side; elsewhere the caldera rim is
largely buried by deposits of Tangkubanparahu volcano. The
dominantly small phreatic historical eruptions recorded since the 19th century have originated
from several nested craters within an elliptical 1 x 1.5 km summit depression. (Global Volcanism
Program)
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Oct. 1988
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