Semeru Volcano:
A volcano on Indonesia’s main island of Java erupted recently, throwing ash and gas kilometres into the sky and forcing officials to raise the alert status to its highest level.
- Semeru Volcano is located in East Java, Indonesia.
- It is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia.
- At 3,676 metres (12,060 feet), it is the highest peak on Java Island and sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”.
- It lies at the southern end of a volcanic massif extending north to the Tengger caldera.
- Summit topography is complicated by the shifting of craters from NW to SE.
- Semeru, also known as Mahameru, has erupted numerous times in the past 200 years, including a deadly episode in 2021 that killed 62 people and buried villages in hot ash.
- It is known for its regular ash explosions that typically occur at intervals of 10-30 minutes.
