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Country: | Indonesia | |
| Subregion Name: | Sumatra (Indonesia) | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0601-13= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Complex volcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 2919 m | 9,577 feet | |
| Latitude: | 0.079°N | 0°4'45"N | |
| Longitude: | 99.98°E | 99°59'0"E | |
| Talakmau (also known as Talamau) is a massive compound volcano rising above the western coastal plain of Sumatra. The andesitic-dacitic volcano is constructed along a NE-SW line, rising to 2912 m, more than 700 m above its twin volcano Pasaman to the SW, which has its own adventive cone, Bukit Nilam, lying 3.4 km to the SW. Three craters along the same NE-SW trend occur at the summit of Talakmau; the NE-most and highest crater is filled by a lava dome. Reports of historical eruptions, including one with rumblings and "smoke" emission in 1937, are considered doubtful, but eruptive activity has occurred during the Holocene. | |||
