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  2. List of volcanoes in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Volcanoes in the area are formed because of oceanic crusts and the movement of the shelf itself. [18] Some volcanoes completely form an island, for instance, the Sangeang Api island. Mount Tambora, on Sumbawa island, erupted on 5 April 1815, with a scale 7 on the VEI and is considered the most violent eruption in recorded history. [3]

  3. Malay Archipelago - Wikipedia

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    Producing many volcanoes especially in Java, Sumatra and Lesser Sunda Islands region where most volcanoes over 3,000 m (9,843 ft) high are situated. Tectonic uplifts also produce large mountains, including the highest, Mount Kinabalu in Sabah , Malaysia, with a height of 4,095.2 m (13,436 ft) and Puncak Jaya on Papua, Indonesia at 4,884 m ...

  4. Volcanism of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The most severe eruptions on Earth in historical times took place in Indonesia. In 1815, the giant eruption of Mount Tambora, a stratovolcano, became the largest known eruption in the world during historical times, and it had such a large effect on the climate that the following year, 1816, in Europe was known as the year without summer. 40 km 3 of ash were produced as a result of the eruption ...

  5. Geology of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    A simplified map of the geological structures of Indonesia. The tectonics of Indonesia are very complex, as it is a meeting point of several tectonic plates.Indonesia is located between two continental plates: the Sahul Shelf and the Sunda Plate; and between two oceanic plates: the Pacific Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate.

  6. Halmahera - Wikipedia

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    It is the largest island of Indonesia outside the five main islands. It had a population of 162,728 in 1995; by 2010, it had increased to 449,938 for the island itself (excluding the tip which is considered part of the Joronga Islands, but including Gebe and Ju islands) and 667,161 for the island group (including all of South Halmahera and ...

  7. Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts, more than 12,000 people ...

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    Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said that all 843 residents living in Ruang island, where the volcano is located, have been moved to Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province.

  8. Video shows volcanic eruption in Indonesia, not Yellowstone ...

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    The video shows August footage from Mount Dukono, an active volcano in Indonesia, not Yellowstone National Park. No evidence supports the post’s claim of a Yellowstone volcanic eruption in ...

  9. Geography of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The tectonic plates & movements under Indonesia. The main islands of Sumatra, Java, Madura, and Kalimantan lie on the Sunda plate and geographers have conventionally grouped them, (along with Sulawesi), as the Greater Sunda Islands. At Indonesia's eastern extremity is western New Guinea, which lies on the Australian plate. Sea depths in the ...