Rokatenda
Sign in to savePaluweh, also known as Rokatenda, is a stratovolcano that forms the small island of Palu'e, north of Flores Island in Sikka Regency in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. While the volcano rises about above the sea floor, its cone rises just above sea level and is the highest point on the island.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Paluweh
- Mountain.other_name
- Rokatenda
- Mountain.photo
- Paluweh2013labeled.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Paluweh eruption as of 12 February 2013, as recorded from space by EO-1
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 875
- Mountain.location
- Palu'e, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
- Mountain.map
- Indonesia Flores
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.volcanic_arc
- Sunda Arc
- Mountain.last_eruption
- 2012 to 2013
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Eruption history
- 1928
- 2012–2013
- August 2013
- References
- External links
Paluweh, also known as Rokatenda, is a stratovolcano that forms the small island of Palu'e, north of Flores Island in Sikka Regency in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. While the volcano rises about above the sea floor, its cone rises just above sea level and is the highest point on the island.
The broad summit region contains overlapping craters up to wide along with several lava domes. Several flank vents occur along a northwest trending fissure.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rokatenda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations