Seulawah Agam (Indonesia)

Status Normal Eruption 1839 1810m
Stratovolcano (Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km))

Seulawah Agam at the NW tip of Sumatra is an extensively forested volcano of Pleistocene-Holocene age constructed within the large Pleistocene Lam Teuba caldera. A smaller 8 x 6 km caldera lies within Lam Teuba caldera. The summit contains a forested, 400-m-wide crater. The active van Heutsz crater, located at 650 m on the NNE flank of Suelawah Agam, is one of several areas containing active fumarole fields. Sapper (1927) and the Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World (CAVW) reported an explosive eruption in the early 16th century, and the CAVW also listed an eruption from the van Heutsz crater in 1839. Rock et al. (1982) found no evidence for historical eruptions. However the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia noted that although no historical eruptions have occurred from the main cone, the reported NNE-flank explosive activity may have been hydrothermal and not have involved new magmatic activity.

Seulawah Agam, rising above farmlands on its flank, is seen here with the northern coast of Sumatra in the background. This extensively forested volcano of Pleistocene-Holocene age is located in the province of Aceh at the NW tip of Sumatra. Gunung Seulawah Agam was constructed within the large Pleistocene Lam Teuba caldera and a smaller 8 x 6 km caldera. The summit contains a forested 400-m-wide crater.

Copyrighted photo by Michael Thirbeck, 2007.

Last updated 2024-04-18 01:58:27