Wai Sano

Wai Sano
Highest point
Elevation 903 m (2,963 ft)
Listing List of volcanoes in Indonesia
Coordinates 8°43′S 120°01′E / 8.72°S 120.02°E / -8.72; 120.02
Geography
Location Flores Island, Indonesia
Geology
Age of rock Holocene
Mountain type Volcanic caldera
Last eruption Unknown

Wai Sano is a volcano located in the western part of the island of Flores, Indonesia. Wai Sano consists of an elliptical caldera about one mile (2.5 km) wide, containing a lake 260 meters below the 903 meter caldera rim, itself part of Mount Umpu Rua. Two fumaroles are located on the southesastern shore of the lake. No historical eruptions are known.

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