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Country: | Indonesia | |
| Subregion Name: | Sulawesi (Indonesia) | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0606-11= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Historical | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 1977 | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 1324 m | 4,344 feet | |
| Latitude: | 1.358°N | 1°21'30"N | |
| Longitude: | 124.858°E | 124°51'30"E | |
| The elongated Mahawu volcano immediately east of Lokon-Empung volcano is the northernmost of a series of young volcanoes along a SSW-NNE line near the margin of the Quaternary Tondano caldera. Mahawu is capped by a 180-m-wide, 140-m-deep crater that sometimes contains a small crater lake, and has two pyroclastic cones on its northern flank. Less active than its neighbor, Lokon-Empung, Mahawu's historical activity has been restricted to occasional small explosive eruptions recorded since 1789. In 1994 fumaroles, mudpots, and small geysers were observed along the shores of a greenish-colored crater lake. | |||
