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Country: | Indonesia | |
| Subregion Name: | Sulawesi (Indonesia) | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0606-10= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Historical | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 2011 | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 1580 m | 5,184 feet | |
| Latitude: | 1.358°N | 1°21'30"N | |
| Longitude: | 124.792°E | 124°47'30"E | |
| The twin volcanoes Lokon and Empung, rising about 800 m above the plain of Tondano, are among the most active volcanoes of Sulawesi. Lokon, the higher of the two peaks ( whose summits are only 2.2 km apart), has a flat, craterless top. The morphologically younger Empung volcano has a 400-m-wide, 150-m-deep crater that erupted last in the 18th century, but all subsequent eruptions have originated from Tompaluan, a 150 x 250 m wide double crater situated in the saddle between the two peaks. Historical eruptions have primarily produced small-to-moderate ash plumes that have occasionally damaged croplands and houses, but lava-dome growth and pyroclastic flows have also occurred. | |||
