Mount Lokon

Mount Lokon
Highest point
Elevation1,580 m (5,180 ft)[1]
ListingRibu
Coordinates1°21′30″N 124°47′30″E / 1.35833°N 124.79167°E / 1.35833; 124.79167[1]
Naming
English translationMountain of Rice Fields
Language of nameIndonesian
Geography
Mount Lokon is located in Sulawesi
Mount Lokon
Mount Lokon
Location on Sulawesi island
LocationSulawesi, Indonesia
Geology
Age of rock400,000 years
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionMay 2015 (ongoing)[1]

Mount Lokon (Indonesian: Lo'kon), also known as Gunung Lokon, together with Mount Empung, is a twin volcano (2.2 km or 1.4 mi apart) in the Tomohon, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, roughly 10 km (6 mi) south of Manado. Both rise above the Tondano plain and are among active volcanoes of Sulawesi. Mount Lokon has a flat and craterless top.[1] Its active crater is located on its foot, named "Tompaluan" crater.

  1. ^ a b c d "Lokon-Empung". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2006-12-31.

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