Mount Nila Explained

Mount Nila
Elevation M:781
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Banda Sea, Indonesia
Coordinates:-6.73°N 129.5°W
Type:Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:May to June 1968

Nila volcano forms completely an isolated 5 × 6 km wide of island with the same name in the Barat Daya Islands of the Banda Sea, Indonesia. The volcano comprises a low caldera with its rims breach into the sea surface on the south and the east side. The dominantly andesitic volcano contains a young forested cone at the elevation of 781 m height.[1]

Mount Nila is a stratovolcano, and caused the abandonment of a Rumadai village when it erupted in 1968.

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Notes and References

  1. Nila. 265060. 2021-06-24.