Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi,
(literally Mountain of Fire in Indonesian/Javanese), is an active
stratovolcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta,
Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted
regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 km north of
Yogyakarta city, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the
volcano, with villages as high as 1700 m above sea level.
The name Merapi could be loosely
translated as ‘Mountain of Fire’ from the Javanese combined words; Meru
means “mountain” and api means “fire”. Smoke can be seen emerging from
the mountaintop at least 300 days a year, and several eruptions have
caused fatalities. Hot gas from a large explosion killed 27 people on
November 22 in 1994, mostly in the town of Muntilan, west of the
volcano. Another large eruption occurred in 2006, shortly before the
Yogyakarta earthquake. In light of the hazards that Merapi poses to
populated areas, it has been designated as one of the Decade Volcanoes.
On 25 October 2010 the Indonesian
government raised the alert for Mount Merapi to its highest level and
warned villagers in threatened areas to move to safer ground. People
living within a 20 km (12.5 mile) zone were told to evacuate. Officials
said about 500 volcanic earthquakes had been recorded on the mountain
over the weekend of 23–24 October, and that the magma had risen to about
a kilometre below the surface due to the seismic activity. On the
afternoon of 25 October 2010 Mount Merapi erupted lava from its southern
and southeastern slopes. ( Wikipedia)
Maps Of Merapi Mount
Maps Of Merapi Mount
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