Mount Egon

{{Short description|Stratovolcano in Flores, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Egon

| photo = Gunung Egon.jpg

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| elevation_m = 1661

| elevation_ref = {{cite gvp|vn=264160|title=Egon|accessdate=2006-08-15}}

| prominence =

| listing = Ribu

| location = Flores Island, Indonesia

| range =

| map = Indonesia Flores

| map_size = 288

| label_position = left

| coordinates = {{coord|08|40|S|122|27|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| type = Stratovolcano

| age =

| last_eruption = April 2008

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Mount Egon (Gunung Egon, sometimes also called Gunung Namang) is a stratovolcano located in the southeastern part of the island of Flores, Indonesia in the area of Maumere bay. A landslide during the eruption on 29 January 2004 forced 6,000 people to evacuate the area. Activity of Gunung Egon on 15 April 2008 forced thousands of people to evacuate.[http://www.sunda-islands.com/lexikon-gunung_egon.php sunda-islands.com/Malaysia Discovery Encyclopedia Article on Gunung Egon] Quakes and fumes from the volcano have been occurring since November 2010, designating Egon as one of 11 volcanoes in Indonesia on the highest level alert.{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/11/04/mount-egon-increases-volcanic-activity.html|title=Mount Egon increases volcanic activity|publisher=The Jakarta Post|date=November 4, 2010|accessdate=2011-01-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106223206/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/11/04/mount-egon-increases-volcanic-activity.html|archivedate=January 6, 2011}}