Mount Talang () () is an active

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. Talang has two crater lakes on its flanks, the largest of which is wide and is called ''Lake Talang''. According to the

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Global Volcanism Program, Mount Talang has had eight confirmed eruptions between 1833 and 1968. A minor eruption followed in April 2005, over 25,000 inhabitants of the local area being evacuated due to fears of further volcanic eruptions. Geologists say that the eruption in April 2005 is connected to the devastating December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The pitcher plant '' Nepenthes talangensis'' is named after the mountain and is thought to be

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to its upper slopes.Nerz, J. & A. Wistuba 1994
Five new taxa of ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae) from North and West Sumatra
. '' Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 23(4): 101–114.Clarke, C.M. 2001. '' Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

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Stratovolcanoes of Indonesia Subduction volcanoes Active volcanoes of Indonesia Volcanoes of Sumatra Mountains of Sumatra Volcanic crater lakes Landforms of West Sumatra Holocene stratovolcanoes {{WSumatra-geo-stub Indragiri basin Tarusan basin

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