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 ) . Special Indonesia, Simkin and Siebert use the catalog of active volcanoes of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth Interior .
books Simkin and Siebert is a book that contains the most complete list of the volcanoes in Indonesia , although the accuracy of records and the eruption caused fatalities varies in various regions . Complementary source of data regarding recent volcanic obtained from the Indonesian Volcanology Survey , a government agency responsible for monitoring and record volcanic activity and geological disaster mitigation in Indonesia .