Mount Dempo

Mount Dempo is the highest stratovolcano in South Sumatra province that rises above Pasumah Plain near Pagar Alam and adjacent with Bengkulu Province. Seven craters are found around the summit. A 400-metre (1,300 ft) wide lake is found at the north-west end of the crater complex.^[1][4]

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Mount Dempo
Gunung Dempo
Mount Dempo in 2018
Highest point
Elevation	3,142 m (10,308 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	2,450 m (8,040 ft)[2][3]
Listing	Ultra Ribu
Coordinates	4°00′57″S 103°07′42″E / -4.01583; 103.12833][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"},"html":"Coordinates: </templatestyles>\"}' data-mw='{\"name\":\"templatestyles\",\"attrs\":{\"src\":\"Module:Coordinates/styles.css\"},\"body\":{\"extsrc\":\"\"}}'/>4°00′57″S 103°07′42″E / 4.01583°S 103.12833°E / -4.01583; 103.12833"}">[2]
Geography
Mount Dempo Sumatra, Indonesia Show map of Sumatra Mount Dempo Mount Dempo (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Parent range	Bukit Barisan
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	21 August 2023

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Activities present been in 2009 and most recently, August 21, 2023. Historical activity has been confined to being small-to-moderate explosive activity that produced ashfall near the volcano.^[1]

At 1:54 AM (GMT+7), a small phreatic explosion occurred causing small pyroclastic flows to ride down the northwest slope a few hundred meters downward, resulting to no injuries nor any damage to the surrounding landscape other than the volcano itself, lasting no more than 239s/3m59s.

The Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Dutch shipping company named and operated a fine passenger liner named 'Dempo' from 1931 to 1944 between Europe and South Asia.