Mount Semeru

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Mount Semeru is the highest and one of the most active volcanoes on the Indonesian island of Java, renowned for its frequent eruptions and prominent conical peak.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Gunung Semeru 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
mountain
stratovolcano
accessPoint Ranu Pani village
climbingSeason generally dry season May–September
continent Asia
country Indonesia
elevation 12060 ft
3676 m
eruptionStyle Strombolian
Vulcanian
etymology derived from Mount Meru of Hindu cosmology
geologicalSetting subduction zone volcano
governedBy East Java
surface form: Province of East Java
hasCrater Jonggring Saloko
hasLakeNearby Ranu Kumbolo
hasReligiousSignificance sacred mountain in Javanese and Hindu tradition
hazard ashfall
lahars
pyroclastic flows
highestPointOf East Java
Java
knownFor frequent eruptions
prominent conical peak
trekking destination
lastEruption 2023
listedIn Seven Summits of Indonesia (provincial high points)
locatedIn Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park
East Java
Java
locatedNear Lumajang Regency
Malang
Tengger caldera
surface form: Tengger Caldera
monitoredBy Indonesia Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation
surface form: Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation of Indonesia
nameInIndonesian Mount Semeru self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gunung Semeru
otherName Mahameru
partOf Tengger caldera
surface form: Bromo Tengger Semeru volcanic complex
prominence 3676 m
range Bromo Tengger Semeru massif
summitCrater Jonggring Saloko
tectonicPlateSetting Indo-Australian Plate subducting beneath Eurasian Plate
tourismActivity multi-day summit treks
typicalSummitActivity frequent small explosions
persistent gas and ash emissions
volcanicArcOrBelt Sunda Arc
volcanoType stratovolcano

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East Java containsVolcano Mount Semeru
Java hasVolcano Mount Semeru
Java highestPoint Mount Semeru
Malang locatedNear Mount Semeru
Mount Semeru nameInIndonesian Mount Semeru self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gunung Semeru