Volcanic eruption

Eruption of Iliwerung

24 Mar 1952 · 8.53° S, 123.57° E

Iliwerung or Illiwerung is a complex volcano forming a prominent south-facing peninsula on Lembata Island in southern Indonesia. It contains north-south and northwest-southeast trending lines of craters and lava domes, with the summit dome having formed by a VEI-3 eruption in 1870.

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What the records say

When
24 Mar 1952
Kind
Volcanic eruption
Coordinates
8.53° S, 123.57° E
Vei
1
Dated by
Observations: Reported
Volcano number
264250
Eruption number
16345

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