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Report on Dukono (Indonesia) — January 1980


Dukono

Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, vol. 5, no. 1 (January 1980)
Managing Editor: David Squires.

Dukono (Indonesia) Explosive activity continues

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 1980. Report on Dukono (Indonesia) (Squires, D., ed.). Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, 5:1. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN198001-268010



Dukono

Indonesia

1.6992°N, 127.8783°E; summit elev. 1273 m

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)


VSI personnel visited Dukono in August 1979. Explosive activity had increased since the previous visit 13 months earlier. Ash was ejected every 9-15 minutes but there were no audible detonations.

Further Reference. Kusumadinata, K., 1977, Data on the Dukono volcano: Berita Direktorat Geologi, v. 9, no. 16, p. 183.

Geological Summary. Reports from this remote volcano in northernmost Halmahera are rare, but Dukono has been one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes. More-or-less continuous explosive eruptions, sometimes accompanied by lava flows, have occurred since 1933. During a major eruption in 1550 CE, a lava flow filled in the strait between Halmahera and the N-flank Gunung Mamuya cone. This complex volcano presents a broad, low profile with multiple summit peaks and overlapping craters. Malupang Wariang, 1 km SW of the summit crater complex, contains a 700 x 570 m crater that has also been active during historical time.

Information Contacts: A. Sudradjat and L. Pardyanto, VSI; D. Shackelford, Brea, CA.