Report on Ranakah (Indonesia) — July 1988
Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 7 (July 1988)
Managing Editor: Lindsay McClelland.
Ranakah (Indonesia) Lava extrusion slows
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 1988. Report on Ranakah (Indonesia) (McClelland, L., ed.). Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, 13:7. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN198807-264071
Ranakah
Indonesia
8.62°S, 120.52°E; summit elev. 2350 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
In July, the lava dome and N flow continued to grow, but at slower rates than in previous months. Rockfalls detected on the seismometer decreased . . . to 30-50/day.
Geological Summary. A new lava dome, named Anak Ranakah (Child of Ranakah) was formed in 1987 in an area without previous historical eruptions at the base of the large older lava dome of Gunung Ranakah. An arcuate group of lava domes extending westward from Gunung Ranakah occurs on the outer flanks of the poorly known Poco Leok caldera on western Flores Island. Pocok Mandosawa lava dome, at 2350 m the highest point on the island of Flores, lies west of Anak Ranakah.
Information Contacts: VSI.
