Mount Sindoro, Mount Sindara or Mount Sundoro is a semi-active

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with ...

Central Java Central Java (, ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogya ...

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. Parasitic craters and

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s are found in the northwest-southern flanks; the largest is called Kembang. A small

lava dome In volcanology, a lava dome is a circular, mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano. Dome-building eruptions are common, particularly in convergent plate boundary settings. Around 6% of eruptions ...

occupies the volcano's summit. Historical eruptions have been mostly mild to moderate. The Sindoro mountain complex serves as the

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for the Progo river basin on the eastern slope and the Serayu river basin on the western slope. The boundary between the headwaters of these two

river basins A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, th ...

extends southeastward from the Sindoro mountain complex to the summit of

Mount Sumbing Mount Sumbing () is an active stratovolcano in Central Java, Indonesia. This volcano is symmetrical like its neighbor Mount Sindoro which lies to its northwest. Administratively, The volcano is divided between 3 regencies: Temanggung, Wono ...

. The headwaters of the Progo River basin on the eastern side flow through

Temanggung Regency Temanggung Regency () is an inland Regencies of Indonesia, regency in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 870.65 km2 and had a population of 708,546 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 790, ...

, while the headwaters of the Serayu River basin on the western side flow through

Wonosobo Regency Wonosobo Regency () is a regency () in Central Java province in Indonesia. The regency seat is located in the town of Wonosobo, located at ,on the Dieng Plateau, about 120 km from Semarang City. Wonosobo Regency shares borders with Tema ...

. Both of their mainstem ultimately discharge into the

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, on the southern coast of Java, separated by a distance of approximately .

Geography

Around Mount Sundoro lies

to its southeast and the

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to its west. Administratively, Mount Sundoro is divided between 2 regencies:

Temanggung Temanggung Regency () is an inland regency in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 870.65 km2 and had a population of 708,546 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 790,174 at the 2020 Census;B ...

on the east side and

Wonosobo Wonosobo Regency () is a regency () in Central Java province in Indonesia. The regency seat is located in the town of Wonosobo, located at ,on the Dieng Plateau, about 120 km from Semarang City. Wonosobo Regency shares borders with Tema ...

on the west side.

Gallery

Sundoro and Sumbing from ISS.jpg, Mts Sundoro and Sumbing from

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, 2021 Mount Sundoro & Mount Sumbing Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg, Mount Sindoro (left) and

(right)

References

External links

360° View from the Summit of Mount Sundoro
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Geography

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