Batu Tara is a stratovolcano located on the small isolated island known as Komba. It has a large central summit crater 900 x 700 meters in diameter, often giving impressive displays of strombolian eruptions. The volcano’s eruptive activity has currently ceased.
| Location: | Flores Sea, Indonesia |
| Coordinates: | -7.789045, 123.586703 |
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano |
| Eruptive history: |
Dec 2015-Present – Intermittent gas emissions. No explosive eruptions observed. Nov 2015 – Eruptive activity ceased. 2006-2015 – After many years of inactivity, Batu Tara erupted producing a large ash plume. The volcano continued to produce impressive strombolian eruptions at 15 minute intervals. 1850’s – Eruption producing lava flows and dense columns of tephra. |
Batu Tara Volcano
