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Gunung (Mount) Rinjani Mount Rinjani is an active volcano on the island of Lombok in Indonesia and rises to 3,726 m (12,224 ft). The 6 km by 8.5 km oval-shaped caldera is filled partially by a lake known as Segara Anak (up to 300 m deep); it also contain hot springs. The eruptions of 1994, 1995, and 1996 have formed a small cone called Gunung Baru (approximately 300 m high) in the centre of the caldera and lava flows from these eruptions have entered the lake. The most recent eruption of Rinjani was on 1st October 2004.
Useful Rinjani links Wikipedia on Lombok - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombok Wikipedia on Rinjani - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rinjani Satellite images - http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/indonesia/lombok.html Volcanic information on Rinjani - http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0604-03= Great photos from this Norwegian site - http://www.vulkaner.no/v/ Written account of climbing Rinjani - http://www.adventures-in-indonesia.co.uk Trip information for Lombok and Rinjani - http://www.indonesia-adventure.co.uk
Rinjani - Segara anak and Gunung Baru at dawn
Gunung Baru eruption in 1994
Rinjani caldera
Nick Langston-Able on the rim of Rinjani
www.adventures-in-indonesia.co.uk
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