Mount Besar

Mount Besar
Gunung Besar
Mount Besar

Location on Sumatra

Highest point
Elevation 1,899 m (6,230 ft)[1]
Coordinates 4°26′S 103°40′E / 4.43°S 103.67°E / -4.43; 103.67Coordinates: 4°26′S 103°40′E / 4.43°S 103.67°E / -4.43; 103.67[1]
Geography
Location Sumatra, Indonesia
Parent range Bukit Barisan
Geology
Mountain type stratovolcano
Last eruption April 1940[1]

Mount Besar (Indonesian: Gunung Besar, means: Big Mountain) is a stratovolcano in the southeast of Sumatra, Indonesia. A minor sulfur deposit can be found in the crater. A big solfatara field called Marga Bayur is located along its north-south-west flanks or the Semangko fault system.[1]

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