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    Mount Batur

    Caldera · 1,711 m · Indonesia

    Mount Batur
    Photo: Jnpet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Mount Batur sits on the Sunda Plate, in a subduction zone. 28 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 2000. Its major eruptions caused at least 2 deaths.

    Elevation
    1,711 m
    Type
    Caldera
    Tectonic Setting
    Subduction zone, continental crust
    Dominant Rock
    Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
    Plate
    Sunda Plate
    Country
    Indonesia
    Last Eruption
    2000
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    28
    Max. Explosivity (VEI)
    2
    Known Fatalities
    2

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    1804 · VEI 21821 · VEI 218471849 · VEI 21854 · VEI 11888 · VEI 21897 · VEI 21904 · VEI 21905 · VEI 21921 · VEI 21922 · VEI 21923 · VEI 21924 · VEI 21925 · VEI 21926 · VEI 21963 · VEI 2 · deadly eruption1965 · VEI 11966 · VEI 11968 · VEI 21970 · VEI 11971 · VEI 11972 · VEI 21973 · VEI 11974 · VEI 21976 · VEI 11994 · VEI 11998 · VEI 11999 · VEI 1 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 14991500180019002000

    Eruption Deadly Eruption (NOAA) Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata