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The broad 1549-m-high Sempu stratovolcano (background) is seen here from the summit of neighboring Soputan volcano.  The prominent cone in the center is Aeseput, a 20th-century cone constructed on the NW flank of Soputan.  Gunung Sempu volcano was constructed within a 3-km-wide caldera.  Kawah Masem maar was formed in the SW part of the caldera and contains a crater lake and fumarolic areas that have been the site of sulfur extraction.  No historical eruptions are known from Sempu.  Photo by Ruska Hadian, 1973 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).

The broad 1549-m-high Sempu stratovolcano (background) is seen here from the summit of neighboring Soputan volcano. The prominent cone in the center is Aeseput, a 20th-century cone constructed on the NW flank of Soputan. Gunung Sempu volcano was constructed within a 3-km-wide caldera. Kawah Masem maar was formed in the SW part of the caldera and contains a crater lake and fumarolic areas that have been the site of sulfur extraction. No historical eruptions are known from Sempu.

Photo by Ruska Hadian, 1973 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).

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