Semeru

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Semeru

Semeru also Mount Semeru or Gunung Semeru - located in East Java

East Java

East Java is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and also includes neighboring Madura Island and Bawean islands....
is the tallest mountain on the island of Java, Indonesia

Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
and one of its most active volcano

Volcano

A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or Crust , which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface....
es.

Known also as Mahameru (Great Mountain), it is very steep and rises abruptly above the coastal plains of eastern Java. Maar

Maar

A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater that is caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption, an explosion caused by groundwater coming into contact with hot lava or magma....
s containing crater lake

Crater Lake

Crater Lake is a caldera lake located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and famous for its deep blue color and water clarity....
s have formed along a line through the summit. Semeru lies at the south end of the Tengger Volcanic Complex.

ru's eruptive history is extensive.

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Semeru also Mount Semeru or Gunung Semeru - located in East Java

East Java

Indonesia

Volcano

Maar

Crater Lake

Eruptions

Semeru's eruptive history is extensive. Since 1818, at least 55 eruptions have been recorded (10 of which resulted in fatalities) consisting of both lava flows and pyroclastic flow

Pyroclastic flow

A pyroclastic flow is a common and devastating result of some volcano. The flows are fast-moving currents of hot gas and rock , which travel away from the volcano at speeds generally as great as 450 mi/h ....
s. Moderate explosive eruptions (VEI

Volcanic Explosivity Index

The Volcanic Explosivity Index was devised by Christopher G. Newhall of the U.S. Geological Survey and Stephen Self at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1982 to provide a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcano eruptions....
2-3) have also been recorded with some regularity.

Semeru has been in a state of near-constant eruption from 1967 to the present. At times, small eruptions happen every 10 minutes or so.

Semeru is regularly climbed by tourists, usually starting from the village of Ranu Pane to the north, but though non-technical it can be dangerous. Soe Hok Gie

Soe Hok Gie

Soe Hok Gie was an Indonesian Activism, who opposed the successive dictatorships of Presidents Sukarno and Suharto....
, an Indonesian political activist of the 1960s died in 1969 from inhaling poisonous gas while hiking on Mount Semeru.

Mythology

Semeru is named from Sumeru

Sumeru

Sumeru or Sineru is the name of the central world-mountain in Buddhist cosmology. Etymologically, the proper name of the mountain is Mount Meru , to which is added the approbatory prefix su-, resulting in the meaning "excellent Meru" or "wonderful Meru"....
, the central world-mountain in Buddhist cosmology

Buddhist cosmology

Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the universe according to the canonical Buddhist Tripitaka and commentaries....
. In legend it was transplanted from India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
; the tale is recorded in the 16th-century East Javanese work Tantu Panggelaran. It was originally placed in the western part of the island, but that caused the island to tip, so it was moved eastward. On that journey, parts kept coming off the lower rim, forming the mountains Lawu, Wilis, Kelut

Kelut

Kelud is a volcano located in East Java on Java in Indonesia. Like many Indonesian volcanoes and others on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Kelud is known for large explosive eruptions throughout its history....
, Kawi

Kawi-Butak

Kawi-Butak may refer to:* Mount Kawi* Mount Butak...
, Arjuno and Welirang

Arjuno-Welirang

Arjuno-Welirang is a stratovolcano in the province of East Java on Java, Indonesia. It is a twin volcano. Volcanic cones and Volcanic craters are located in a 6 km long of line between Arjuno and Welirang....
. The damage thus caused to the foot of the mountain caused it to shake, and the top came off and created Penanggungan as well.

Semeru

Eruptions

Mythology

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