Mount Merapi

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active volcano stratovolcano subduction-zone volcano

Mount Merapi is one of Indonesia’s most active and dangerous stratovolcanoes, located on the island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
2010 eruption of Mount Merapi	1
Merapi volcano	1
Southern Volcanic Range of Java	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	active volcano ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ subduction-zone volcano ⓘ
activityLevel	persistently active ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	sacred mountain in Javanese culture ⓘ
dangerLevel	one of Indonesia’s most dangerous volcanoes ⓘ
dominantRockType	andesite ⓘ
elevation	approximately 2968 meters ⓘ approximately 9738 feet ⓘ
eruptionStyle	effusive ⓘ explosive ⓘ
geologicAge	Quaternary ⓘ
governedBy	Indonesia Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation ⓘ
hasCrater	summit crater with lava dome ⓘ
hasNationalPark	Mount Merapi National Park ⓘ
hazardType	ash fall ⓘ lahars ⓘ lava domes ⓘ pyroclastic flows ⓘ
lastMajorEruption	2021 ⓘ
locatedIn	Java ⓘ surface form: Central Java Yogyakarta ⓘ surface form: Special Region of Yogyakarta
locatedNear	Yogyakarta ⓘ
locatedOn	Java ⓘ
monitoredBy	BPPTKG Yogyakarta ⓘ
mountainRange	Mount Merapi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Volcanic Range of Java
nearbyCity	Boyolali ⓘ Boyolali ⓘ surface form: Klaten Magelang ⓘ Yogyakarta ⓘ
notableEruption	1930 eruption of Mount Merapi ⓘ 1994 eruption of Mount Merapi ⓘ Mount Merapi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi
partOf	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
photoSubject	frequently photographed volcano in Indonesia ⓘ
prominence	approximately 1911 meters ⓘ
religionAssociation	Javanese spiritual traditions ⓘ
summitAccess	restricted during high activity ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary ⓘ
tourismType	volcano tourism ⓘ
traditionalRitual	labuhan ceremony ⓘ
typicalEruptionProducts	block-and-ash flows ⓘ lava flows ⓘ volcanic ash clouds ⓘ
volcanicArc	Sunda Arc ⓘ
volcanicExplosivityIndex	up to VEI 4 ⓘ
volcanoType	andesitic stratovolcano ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indonesia → hasVolcano → Mount Merapi ⓘ

Java → hasVolcano → Mount Merapi ⓘ

Mount Merapi → mountainRange → Mount Merapi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Volcanic Range of Java

Mataram → near → Mount Merapi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merapi volcano

Mount Merapi → notableEruption → Mount Merapi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi