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Barisan Mountains

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The Bukit Barisan or the Barisan Mountains are a mountain range on the western side of Sumatra, Indonesia, covering nearly 1,700 km (1,050 mi) from the north to the south of the island. [1]

56 relations: Before Present, Belirang-Beriti, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Bukit Daun, Bukit Lumut Balai, Caldera, Complex volcano, Fumarole, Geureudong, Helatoba-Tarutung, Hulubelu, Imun, Indonesia, Kodam I/Bukit Barisan, Lake Ranau, Lake Toba, Landsat program, List of volcanoes in Indonesia, Lubukraya, Malay language, Mount Besar, Mount Dempo, Mount Hutapanjang, Mount Kaba, Mount Kembar, Mount Kerinci, Mount Kunyit, Mount Marapi, Mount Patah, Mount Pendan, Mount Sibayak, Mount Sinabung, Mount Sumbing (Sumatra), Mount Talakmau, Mount Talang, Mount Tandikat, Mountain range, Peuët Sagoë, Pleistocene, Rajabasa, Sarik-Gajah, Sekincau Belirang, Seulawah Agam, Shield volcano, Sibualbuali, Smithsonian Institution, Sorikmarapi, Stratovolcano, Sumatra, Sumatran tropical pine forests, ..., Supervolcano, Suwoh, Volcanic cone, Volcanic Explosivity Index, Volcano, Weh Island. Expand index (6 more) »

Before Present

Before Present (BP) years is a time scale used mainly in geology and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred in the past.

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Belirang-Beriti

Belirang-Beriti is a volcanic complex that rises above the Semalako Plain in the south-west of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park

Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is a national park in Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Bukit Daun

Bukit Daun (means: Leaves Hill) is a stratovolcano, located in a sparsely populated region in Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Bukit Lumut Balai

Bukit Lumut Balai is a heavily eroded stratovolcano on Sumatra island, Indonesia.

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Caldera

A caldera is a large cauldron-like depression that forms following the evacuation of a magma chamber/reservoir.

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Complex volcano

A complex volcano, also called a compound volcano, is mixed landform consisting of related volcanic centers and their associated lava flows and pyroclastic rock.

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Fumarole

A fumarole (or fumerole – the word ultimately comes from the Latin fumus, "smoke") is an opening in a planet's crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.

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Geureudong

Geureudong or Bur ni Geureudong or Bur ni Telong is a stratovolcanic complex in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Helatoba-Tarutung

Helatoba-Tarutung is a group of sulfurous hot springs in the south of Lake Toba.

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Hulubelu

Hulubelu is an elliptical, 4-km-long caldera the floor of which is about 700 m above sea level and is surrounded by steep walls in South-Eastern Sumatra.

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Imun

Imun is a small dacitic and rhyolitic cone at 20 km (12,42 miles) south of Lake Toba and 6 km (3,72 miles) north of the town of Situmeang.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Kodam I/Bukit Barisan

Kodam I/Bukit Barisan is a military area command (effectively a military district) of the Indonesian Army, named after the Barisan Mountains.

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Lake Ranau

Lake Ranau is a lake in Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Lake Toba

Lake Toba (Danau Toba) is a large natural lake in Indonesia occupying the caldera of a supervolcano.

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Landsat program

The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth.

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List of volcanoes in Indonesia

The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate.

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Lubukraya

Lubukraya is an andesitic stratovolcano on Sumatra island, Indonesia.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu بهاس ملايو) is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Mount Besar

Mount Besar (means: Big Mountain) is a stratovolcano in the southeast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Mount Dempo

Mount Dempo is the highest stratovolcano in South Sumatra province that rises above Pasumah Plain near Pagar Alam and adjacent with Bengkulu Province.

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Mount Hutapanjang

Hutapanjang is a stratovolcano on Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Mount Kaba

Kaba, a twin volcano with Mount Hitam in Bengkulu Province of Indonesia, has an elongated summit crater complex dominated by three large historically active craters trending ENE from the summit to the upper NE flank.

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Mount Kembar

Mount Kembar (means: Twin Mountain) is a Pleistocene volcano, located in the northern Sumatra island, Indonesia.

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Mount Kerinci

Mount Kerinci (also spelled Kerintji, among several other ways, and referred to as Gunung Kerinci, Gadang, Berapi Kurinci, Kerinchi, Korinci/Korintji, or Peak of Indrapura/Indrapoera) is a volcano in Sumatra island of Indonesia.

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Mount Kunyit

Mount Kunyit ("Turmeric Mountain"; also known as Bukit Belerang) is a fumarolic stratovolcano on Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Mount Marapi

Marapi (also known as Merapi or Berapi) is a complex volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Mount Patah

Mount Patah (means: Broken Mountain) is a heavily forested quaternary age volcano southeast of Mount Dempo on Sumatra island, Indonesia.

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Mount Pendan

Mount Pendan is an active volcano on Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Mount Sibayak

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Mount Sinabung

Mount Sinabung (Indonesian: Gunung Sinabung, also Dolok Sinabung, Deleng Sinabung, Dolok Sinaboen, Dolok Sinaboeng and Sinabuna) is a Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcano of andesite and dacite in the Karo plateau of Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, from the Lake Toba supervolcano.

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Mount Sumbing (Sumatra)

Mount Sumbing is a stratovolcano in the central region of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Mount Talakmau

Talakmau (also known as Talamau or Ophir) is a volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Mount Talang

Mount Talang (Gunung Talang) (2,597 m) is an active stratovolcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Mount Tandikat

Tandikat is a stratovolcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Its elevation is 2,438 m (7,999 ft). It is a twin volcano with Mount Singgalang, which is located to the north-north-east of Tandikat. However, only Tandikat has had historical volcanic activity. The city of Padang Panjang is located at the foot of the mountain.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Peuët Sagoë

Peuet Sague is a volcanic complex in the northwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Rajabasa

Rajabasa is an isolated 1281-m-high conical volcano along the Sunda Strait located at the most South-Eastern point of Sumatra.

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Sarik-Gajah

Sarik-Gajah are two pyroclastic cones right at the equator line on Sumatra island, Indonesia.

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Sekincau Belirang

Sekincau is a volcano with two calderas, Belirang (2 km wide) and Balak (2.5 km wide), located in the south of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Seulawah Agam

Seulawah Agam is an extensive forested stratovolcano located at the northwestern tip of Sumatra.

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Shield volcano

A shield volcano is a type of volcano usually composed almost entirely of fluid lava flows.

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Sibualbuali

Sibualbuali is a stratovolcano in the northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Sorikmarapi

Sorikmarapi is highly vegetated stratovolcano on Sumatra island, Indonesia.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice and ash.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is an Indonesian island in Southeast Asia that is part of the Sunda Islands.

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Sumatran tropical pine forests

The Sumatran tropical pine forests is a subtropical coniferous forest ecoregion on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.

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Supervolcano

A supervolcano is a large volcano that has had an eruption of magnitude 8, which is the largest value on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI).

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Suwoh

Suoh or Suwoh is an 8 × 16 km wide caldera in the south of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Volcanic cone

Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms.

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Volcanic Explosivity Index

The Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) is a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Weh Island

Weh Island (Indonesian:Pulau Weh), often known as Sabang after the largest city, is a small active volcanic island to the northwest of Sumatra, 45 minutes by fast regular ship or 2 hours by ferry from mainland, Banda Aceh.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barisan_Mountains

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