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Mount Talang




  Photo Mount TalangJPG
  Location Sumatra , Indonesia
  Type Stratovolcano
  Last Eruption 2006


Mount Talang ( in West Sumatra , Indonesia . Talang has two Crater Lake s on its flanks, the largest of which is 1 x 2 km wide and is called ''Lake Talang''.

Mount Talang has had eight confirmed eruptions between 1833 and 1968. A minor eruption followed in April 2005, over 25,000 inhabitants of the local area being evacuated due to fears of further volcanic eruptions.

Mount Talang's recent eruption was likely to have been triggered by a series of earthquakes that rocked Sumatra in the weeks before the eruption, including one on March 28 2005 that killed more than 600 people on outlying islands.


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