Mount Lokon
{{Short description|Mountain in North Sulawesi, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Lokon
| photo = Lokon.JPG
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 1580
| elevation_ref = {{cite gvp|vn=266100|title=Lokon-Empung|accessdate=2006-12-31}}
| prominence_m =
| listing = Ribu
| translation = Mountain of Rice Fields
| language = Indonesian
| location = Sulawesi, Indonesia
| range =
| map = Indonesia Sulawesi
| range_coordinates =
| map_caption = Location on Sulawesi island
| map_size = 275
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|1|21|30|N|124|47|30|E|type:mountain_region:ID_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo =
| type = Stratovolcano
| age = 400,000 years
| last_eruption = May 2015 (ongoing)
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
Mount Lokon ({{langx|id|Lo'kon}}), also known as Gunung Lokon, together with Mount Empung, is a twin volcano ({{convert|2.2|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=or}} apart) in the Tomohon, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, roughly {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on|lk=off}} south of Manado. Both rise above the Tondano plain and are among active volcanoes of Sulawesi. Mount Lokon has a flat and craterless top. Its active crater is located on its foot, named "Tompaluan" crater.
History
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Aanleg van een steiger aan de Baai van Menado met op de achtergrond de vulkanen Lokon en Empung TMnr 60027989.jpg bay, captured in 1920]]
File:Erupting gunung lokon.jpg
File:Black crested macaques.jpg
Lokon formed during a period of andesitic volcanism on ring fractures resulting from the Tondano caldera's early to mid-Pleistocene collapse. Recently erupted material remains andesitic in composition {{cite web|title=Lahendong|url=http://202.51.233.205/pbumi/sulawesi/hendongtxt.html|work=Lahendong|accessdate=15 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327171234/http://202.51.233.205/pbumi/sulawesi/hendongtxt.html|archivedate=27 March 2012}} and consists of ash plumes and, less commonly, pyroclastic flows and lava domes.
The volcano erupted on 15 July 2011, forcing thousands of people to evacuate.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14164522|title=Indonesians flee volcano eruption on Sulawesi|publisher=BBC News|date=14 July 2011|accessdate=2011-07-16}}
The volcano again began showing signs of activity on 10 February 2012, and 19 September 2012 (11:01pm). An eruption occurred at 8:20, am{{cite web|url=http://www.nst.com.my/latest/mount-lokon-in-indonesia-erupts-1.44705|title=Mount Lokon in Indonesia erupts - Latest - New Straits Times|work=nst.com.my|year=2012|accessdate=11 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210230816/http://www.nst.com.my/latest/mount-lokon-in-indonesia-erupts-1.44705|archivedate=10 February 2012}} the same day sending an ash plume two miles into the sky. Local residents were evacuated from a two and a half mile exclusion zone around the volcano.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/asia/indonesia-volcano-eruption/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2|title=Volcano erupts in Indonesia, hurling ash cloud into the sky|publisher=CNN|date=11 February 2012|accessdate=2012-02-11}} An eruption occurred on 17 December 2012.
Indonesia has 129 volcanoes including Mount Lokon. The eruption of Mount Lokon in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/17/indonesian-volcano-biggest-eruption-yet | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Indonesian volcano has biggest eruption yet | date=17 July 2011}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=266100 Lokon-Empung] - Global Volcanism Program
- [http://soleilian.com/1073 Flowers of Tomohon]
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14164522 BBC report on eruption, 15 July 2011]
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Category:Landforms of North Sulawesi
Category:Holocene stratovolcanoes
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