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Gunung Egon, seen here from the NW, is located in eastern Flores Island. The lower flanks extend nearly to both the Flores Sea on the N and the Savu Sea to the S. The unvegetated summit of the volcano contains a 350-m-wide crater and there is a lava dome to the S. Photo by Tulus, 1990 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).

Gunung Egon, seen here from the NW, is located in eastern Flores Island. The lower flanks extend nearly to both the Flores Sea on the N and the Savu Sea to the S. The unvegetated summit of the volcano contains a 350-m-wide crater and there is a lava dome to the S.

Photo by Tulus, 1990 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).

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