Mount Wilis is a solitary volcanic
massif
A massif () is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, ''massif'' is frequently used to denote the main mass of an ...
surrounded by low-elevation plains. It is located in
East Java
East Java (, , ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost third of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern ...
,
Java island,
Indonesia
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. It is not far from
Mount Kelut.
No confirmed historical
eruptions are known from this volcano.
Images gallery
File:Mount Wilis view.jpg, Mount Wilis viewed from Trenggalek, Indonesia
See also
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List of volcanoes in Indonesia
The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Australian plate, Indo-Australian plate. Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krak ...
References
Stratovolcanoes of Indonesia
Volcanoes of East Java
Landforms of East Java
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
Bengawan Solo basin
Brantas basin
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