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Baluran

Baluran is a stratovolcano in Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions, Indonesia, rising to 1,247 m.

About Baluran

The small andesitic Baluran, dwarfed by its neighbor Ijen volcano to the SW, occupies the very NE tip of Java. Gunung Baluran contains a wide crater breached to the NE. The volcano lies within a national park and game reserve. It was considered by van Bemmelen (1949b) to be of Holocene age.

Eruption reports

Reports from GDACS and NASA EONET linked to this volcano.

No eruption reports in our records yet. New reports appear here automatically.

Earthquakes nearby, 30 days

Within about 50 km. Swarms of small quakes can sometimes accompany volcanic unrest.

No earthquakes recorded nearby in the last 30 days.