Inierie

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Country Indonesia
Volcanic Region Sunda Volcanic Arc
Landform | Volc Type Composite | Stratovolcano
Last Known Eruption 8050 BCE
Coordinates 8.875°S, 120.95°E
Elevation 2,245 m (7,365 ft)
Volcano Number 264080
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General Information

Eruptive History

There is data available for 1 confirmed eruptive period.

8050 BCE (?) Confirmed Eruption (Explosive / Effusive)  

Episode 1 | Eruption (Explosive / Effusive) NE side (Wolo Bobo)
8050 BCE (?) - Unknown Evidence from Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)

List of 2 Events for Episode 1 at NE side (Wolo Bobo)

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
   - - - -    - - - - Explosion
   - - - -    - - - - Tephra

Synonyms and Subfeatures

This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.

Photo Gallery

Thumbnail Photo (see caption)Gunung Inierie, seen here from the SE, is the highest volcano on Flores Island. A plume was noted in June 1911 and is sometimes visible from the crater on the eastern side of the summit.

Photo by Tulus, 1990 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).
Thumbnail Photo (see caption)Inierie, the highest volcano on Flores Island, rises above hilly terrain of the central highlands below its northern flank. It has an elliptical crater immediately E of its summit that occasionally produces plumes.

Photo by E. Weissenborn (published in Kemmerling 1929, "Vulkanen van Flores," courtesy of Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).
Thumbnail Photo (see caption)The Inielika chain of cones and craters stretches across the central highlands of Flores Island at right in this view from the NE. The peak at left center is Gunung Inierie volcano, the highest on the island. On the far left horizon is Wolo Bobo, a feature of the Bajawa cinder cone complex. The high irregular peak on the right horizon is part of the Lobobutu caldera wall, with various Inielika craters in the foreground.

Photo published in Kemmerling 1929, "Vulkanen van Flores" (courtesy of Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).
Thumbnail Photo (see caption)Gunung Inierie, seen here from the N, is the highest volcano on Flores Island. A plume was observed in June 1911 and is sometimes visible from the crater on the eastern side of the summit.

Photo by Volcanological Survey of Indonesia.
Thumbnail Photo (see caption)Two of the many summit craters of Inielika can be seen in the left foreground. It is a broad, low volcano in central Flores Island that was constructed within the Lobobutu caldera. The complex summit includes ten craters, some of which contain lakes. A phreatic explosion that formed a new crater in 1905 was the volcano's only eruption during the 20th century. Inierie volcano is the prominent peak on the right horizon.

Photo by Volcanological Survey of Indonesia.

Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Inierie in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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