Mount Slamet

Mount Slamet

Mount Slamet (, "Salvation Mountain" or "Mountain of Health") is an active stratovolcano that summits in the Pemalang Regency of Central Java, Indonesia. It has a cluster of around three dozen cinder cones on the lower southeast and northeast flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. The volcano is composed of two overlapping edifices. Four craters are found at the summit. Mount Slamet is a location with the coldest average temperature on the island of Java and one of the areas with the highest annual rainfall in Indonesia, namely 8,134.00 millimeters (mm) per year.

Details

Type
Stratovolcano
Range
Sunda Arc
Listing
UltraRibu
Location
Central Java, Indonesia
Elevation M
3432
Prominence M
3328
Volcanic Arc
Sunda Arc
Last Eruption
March to September 2014
Label Position
bottom
Prominence Ref
Ranked 65th