Volcano: 2015

Mount Everest

Mount Everest (English: Mount Everest) is the highest mountain in the world (when measured from sea paras). Peak ridge marks the border between Nepal and Tibet; peak in Tibet. In Nepal, the mountain is called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा, Sanskrit for "Head of the Sky") and in Tibetan Chomolangma or Qomolangma ("Mother of the Universe"), pronounced in Chinese 珠穆朗瑪峰 (pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Feng).

Copahue is a stratovolcano nestled on the border between Argentina and Chile. There are nine volcanic craters along a 2 km (1.2 mi) line, and the eastern summit crater contains a briny, acidic 300 m (1000 ft) wide crater lake. Twentieth-century eruptions from the crater lake have ejected pyroclastic rocks and chilled liquid sulfur fragments. Copahue means "sulphur waters" in Mapuche.

Vakak Group

Dacht-i-Navar is a volcanic group of 15 trachyandesitic lava domes located southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The lava domes lie along the southern margin of Dacht-i-Navar.

Nanga Parbat (Urdu: ننگا پربت) is a mountain in Pakistan. The mountain is located in the northern part of the country. This mountain has a height of 8,126 m (26,660 ft) and is the ninth largest mountain in the world. The level of difficulty, terrain mountain Nanga Parbat is called as dire as K2.

A chart with the heading " Major Volcanoes of Indonesia ( with eruptions since 1900 AD ) " . Depicted below the heading is an overhead view of a cluster of islands . Major volcanoes in Indonesia . The main source of the list below is taken from the book " Volcanoes of the World " which is composed by two volcanologists , namely Tom Simkin and Lee Siebert , that contains a list of active volcanoes in the past 10,000 years ( the Holocene ) .

List of volcanoes in Indonesia

Geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Indo - Australian plate . Some famous for its volcanic eruptions , such as Krakatoa , whose eruption impact globally in 1883 , Lake Toba eruption is estimated Supervulkan occurred 74,000 years before present which caused the volcanic winter for six years , and the eruption of Mount Tambora with the most severe ever recorded in history in 1815 .

Mount Erebus is an active volcano in Antarctica. This mountain elevations of 3794 meters above sea level and is located at 77.5 latitude, 167.2 east.

Mount table (English: Table Mountain) is a mountain that is flat like a table top. The mountain is included in the area of Table Mountain National Park is located in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, and is one of the leading tourist attraction in the city. the view from the top of Table Mountain is one of the best views in Africa.

Tibesti Mountains is a mountain located in the Sahara desert in the area-Ennedi-Tibesti Bourkou in northern Chad.

Adam's Peak (also known as Mount Adam; Sinhala Samanalakanda - සමනළ කන්ද "butterfly mountain", Tamil Sivanolipatha Malai - சிவனொலி பாதமலை), altitude 2,243 m (7.359 ft) and is located in the center of the island of Sri Lanka. He is also known as Sri In "sacred footprint", in which he refers to the form of a stone that has indentations like footprints along 1.8 meters above the top of the mountain.

Mount Halla or Hallasan is the highest mountain in South Korea. Volcano with an altitude of 1,950 meters is located on Jeju Island. The area around Mount Halla is a nature reserve Hallasan National Park (Hallasan Gungnip Gongwon / 한라산 국립 공원 / 漢拏山國立公園).

Mount Kinabalu is located in Sabah, Malaysia, with an altitude of 4,095 meters above sea level. This mountain is the fifth highest mountain in Southeast Asia.

Mount Kinabalu consists of 4 areas namely Dipterokarp Forest Hill, Dipterokarp forest Upper Montane Forest and Forest Ericaceous or mountain forest.

Puncak Jaya is a peak that is part of the Barisan Sudirman located in Papua province, Indonesia. Puncak Jaya has an elevation of 5,030 m and nearby lies Carstensz glacier, the only tropical glaciers in Indonesia, which most likely will soon disappear due to global warming.

Mount Kerinci (also spelled "Kerintji", and is known as the Mountain Tower, Volcano Kurinci, Kerinchi, Korinci, or Indrapura Peak) is the highest mountain in Sumatra, Indonesia's highest volcano and the highest peak in Indonesia outside of Papua. Mount Kerinci is located in Jambi province bordering the province of West Sumatra, the Bukit Barisan Mountains, near the west coast, and is located about 130 km south of Padang. The mountain is surrounded by dense forest and Kerinci Seblat National Park is the habitat of the Sumatran tiger and Sumatran rhinoceros.

Mount Rinjani is a mountain located on the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Mountain is the second highest volcano in Indonesia with an altitude of 3,726 m above sea level and is located at a latitude 8º25 'LS and 116º28' BT is a favorite for mountain climbers Indonesia for its beautiful scenery.

Mount Semeru or Sumeru is the highest volcano in Java, with Mahameru peak, 3,676 meters above sea level (masl). The crater at the summit of Mount Semeru known as Jonggring Saloko.

Mount Latimojong is the name of a mountain in Enrekang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Latimojong mountain was in the midst of South Sulawesi. Most of the mountain is located in the area Enrekang.

Mount Binaia or Binaiya or Binaija is a mountain located on the island of Seram, Maluku in the country of Indonesia. Binaiya mountain is the highest mountain in Maluku Province with an altitude of 3,027 meters above sea level (masl) into the region of Central Maluku district. Maluku province.

Raya hill or mountain Kingdom is a mountain located in Katingan, Central Kalimantan. This mountain is the highest mountain in Borneo were included in the territory of Indonesia.

Mount Fuji (Fuji-san 富士山 ?, IPA: [ɸɯʥisaɴ]) is the highest mountain in Japan, is located on the border of Shizuoka and Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. Mount Fuji is located near the Pacific coast of central Honshu. Fuji surrounded by three cities: Gotemba (east), Fuji-Yoshida (north) and Fujinomiya (southwest). 3,776 m high mountain is also surrounded by five lakes, namely Kawaguchi, Yamanaka, Sai, Motosu and Shoji.

Mount Mayon is an active volcano in Albay Province, Philippines. The form that resembles a perfect cone makes is considered by many as the "Mount Fujinya" Philippines. A few miles to the south lies Mayon Legazpi City.

Krakatau is a volcanic archipelago that are still active and located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra are included in the nature reserve. This name ever pinned on a volcanic peak there (Mount Krakatoa), which vanish because the eruption itself on the 26-27 August 1883 eruption was so powerful; hot clouds and the resulting tsunami killed about 36,000 people. Until before the date of December 26, 2004, this is the most powerful tsunami in the Indian Ocean region. The sound of the eruption was heard up in Alice Springs, Australia and the island of Rodrigues near Africa, 4653 miles. Yield is estimated at 30,000 times the atomic bomb that was detonated in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the state of Hawaii, United States that is the Pacific Ocean. The word "Mauna Loa" is derived from the Hawaiian language means "long mountain". Including Mauna Loa shield volcano with an estimated volume of about 18,000 cubic miles (75,000 km ³), peak only 120 feet (37 m) lower than Mauna Kea. Eruption of Mauna Loa lava is very fluid and silica poor with explosive eruptions tend not and volcano has a shallow slope.

Mount Merapi (peak height of 2,968 m above sea level, per 2006) is a volcano in the central part of Java Island and is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. Slopes of the south side are in administration Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, and the rest are in the region of Central Java province, namely Magelang District on the west side, Boyolali on the north and east, and Klaten district on the southeastern side. Forest area around the peak became Mount Merapi National Park area since 2004.

Mount Etna (or Aetna, and known locally by the name Mongibello) is an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania.

Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio) is the only active volcano in mainland Europe which is located in the east of Naples, Italy. In 79 years, this volcanic eruption destroyed the city of Pompeii.

Mount Ararat (Turkish: Ağrı Dagi; Armenian: Արարատ; Persian: آرارات; Hebrew: אררט, Standard Hebrew: Ararat, Tiberias Hebrew:'Ărārāṭ), the highest peak in modern Turkey, is a volcano located somewhat far northeast Turkey, 16 km to the west of Iran and 32 miles south of Armenia. In the story Israiliyat identified this mountain where Noah's Ark berlabuhnya after the "great flood" that is mentioned in it.

Kilimanjaro (Swahili: Kilima, a mountain; njaro, luminous) or formerly called Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze is a mountain in northeastern Tanzania. This mountain is the highest mountain in the world is free-standing, 4,600 m high when measured from the base of the mountain.

K2 is the 2nd highest mountain in the world. Located in the Karakoram Himalayas between Pakistan and the People's Republic of China; is a national mountain in Pakistan. High peguungan reaches 8,611 meters (28,251 feet). That said, it is more difficult mountain to climb than Mount Everest because bad weather. K2 also higher in the surrounding area when compared to Everest. K2 dubbed "Cruel Mountains" because of this. In 2004, only 246 people who managed to climb to the top. At least 56 people died while trying to climb it.

Kangchenjunga (Nepali: कञ्चनजङ्घा Kanchanjangha) Sewalungma (Limbu) is the 3rd highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest and Chogori) with an altitude of 8,586 meters (28,169 feet). The mountain is also the 2nd highest mountain in Nepal. Kangchenjunga means "The Five Treasures of the Snow, as it consists of five peaks, four of which reaches more than 8,450 meters.