Mount Dempo | |
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Gunung Dempo | |
![]() Mount Dempo in 2018 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,142 m (10,308 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 2,450 m (8,040 ft)[2][3] |
Listing | Ultra Ribu |
Coordinates | 4°00′57″S 103°07′42″E / 4.01583°S 103.12833°E[2] |
Geography | |
Sumatra, Indonesia | |
Parent range | Bukit Barisan |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | 21 August 2023 |
Mount Dempo is the highest stratovolcano in South Sumatra province that rises above Pasumah Plain near Pagar Alam and adjacent with Bengkulu Province. Seven craters are found around the summit. A 400-metre (1,300 ft) wide lake is found at the north-west end of the crater complex.[1][4]
Activities present been in 2009 and most recently, August 21, 2023. Historical activity has been confined to being small-to-moderate explosive activity that produced ashfall near the volcano.[1]
At 1:54 AM (GMT+7), a small phreatic explosion occurred causing small pyroclastic flows to ride down the northwest slope a few hundred meters downward, resulting to no injuries nor any damage to the surrounding landscape other than the volcano itself, lasting no more than 239s/3m59s.
The Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Dutch shipping company named and operated a fine passenger liner named 'Dempo' from 1931 to 1944 between Europe and South Asia.