Mount Penanggungan

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Mount Penanggungan
Penanggungan from Arjuno-Welirang 2018-12-30.jpg
View of Mount Penanggungan from Mount Arjuno-Welirang
Highest point
Elevation1,653 m (5,423 ft)[1]
ListingRibu
Coordinates7°37′S 112°38′E / 7.62°S 112.63°E / -7.62; 112.63
Geography
Mount Penanggungan is located in Java
Mount Penanggungan
Mount Penanggungan
Geology
Age of rockHolocene
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionUnknown

Mount Penanggungan is a small stratovolcano, immediately north of Arjuno-Welirang volcanic complex in East Java province, Java island, Indonesia. Mount Penanggungan is about 40 kilometers (24.8 mi) south of Surabaya, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Several Hindu-Buddhist sanctuaries, sacred places and monuments are on the mountain dating from AD 977–1511. Lava flows and pyroclastic deposits are around the volcano.[1]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Penanggungan". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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