Batu Tara Volcano

 

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

 

Batu Tara’s Location:

 

Batu Tara’s Latest Status

2022: PVMBG has noted that gas emissions have increased at Batu Tara. As of now the volcano’s eruptive activity has currently ceased.

 

Batu Tara’s Eruptive History

2022	PVMBG has noted that gas emissions have increased at Batu Tara.
Dec 2015	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	Eruption producing lava flows and dense columns of tephra.

 

Batu Tara Monitoring

For monitoring of Indonesian Volcanoes, please refer to PVMBG.

 

Batu Tara Images