Volcanic eruption
See 1999 on the mapEruption of Iliwerung
22 May 1999 – Sep 1999 · 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
- 22 May 1999 – Sep 1999
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 8.53° S, 123.57° E
- Vei
- 0
- Vent
- Hobal (submarine vent on SE flank)
- Dated by
- Observations: Reported
- Volcano number
- 264250
- Eruption number
- 16350
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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