Eruption of Ambang
1840s · 0.75° N, 124.42° E
Ambang is a complex of volcanoes at the western end of the northern arm of Sulawesi island, Indonesia. There are two lakes, lake Mo'oat and lake Tondok, at an elevation of 750 m. The larger of the two lakes is Mo'oat. Both of them are side by side.
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What the records say
- When
- 1840s
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 0.75° N, 124.42° E
- Date uncertainty
- ± 5 years
- Dated by
- Observations: Reported
- Volcano number
- 266020
- Eruption number
- 16424
Ambang
Complex of volcanoes in the northern arm of Sulawesi island
Ambang is a complex of volcanoes at the western end of the northern arm of Sulawesi island, Indonesia. There are two lakes, lake Mo'oat and lake Tondok, at an elevation of 750 m. The larger of the two lakes is Mo'oat. Both of them are side by side. The volcano contains several craters up to 400 m in diameter and five solfatara fields. The only historical account of its eruption occurred sometime in the 1850s.
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Nearby in time and place
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page