Sumbing

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Sumbing from near the summit of Merapi on December 9, 1997. Sundoro is just to the north (right) of Sumbing.

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Sumbing is a stratovolcano in central Java. It is the next volcano down the volcanic arc from Sundoro. Sumbing, in the top right of this photo, had one historic eruption in about 1730. It was from the central vent and produced a lava flow.

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Landsat image of central Java. Image is about 50 km across. Sundaro and the Dieng Volcanic Complex are northwest of Sundaro.

Source of Information:

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.