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Mount Merapi: Indonesia's Active Volcano

Mount Merapi is an active stratovolcano located in Indonesia that has erupted regularly since 1548. It is the youngest volcano in a group located in southern Java and has been erupting for approximately 400,000 years. Its name translates to "Mountain of Fire" from the Javanese words for mountain and fire, referring to its near-constant eruptive state, with its most recent eruption occurring on May 11, 2018.

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Mount Merapi: Indonesia's Active Volcano

Mount Merapi is an active stratovolcano located in Indonesia that has erupted regularly since 1548. It is the youngest volcano in a group located in southern Java and has been erupting for approximately 400,000 years. Its name translates to "Mountain of Fire" from the Javanese words for mountain and fire, referring to its near-constant eruptive state, with its most recent eruption occurring on May 11, 2018.

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MOUNT MERAPI

- Active Stratovolcano
- the most active volcano in Indonesia
and erupted regularly since 1548
-The name Merapi could be loosely
translated as the Mountain of Fire. The
etymology of the name came from Meru-
Api; from the Javanese combined
words; Meru means "mountain", refer to
mythical mountain of Gods in Hinduism,
and api means "fire".
- Youngest in a group of volcanoes in
Southern Java.
- About 400,000 years
- last eruption May 11, 2018

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