Kelimutu
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,639 m (5,377 ft) |
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List of volcanoes in Indonesia Spesial Ribu |
| Coordinates | 8°46′S 121°49′E / 8.77°S 121.82°ECoordinates: 8°46′S 121°49′E / 8.77°S 121.82°E |
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 Kelimutu
Kelimutu
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| Location | Ende Regency, Flores Island, Indonesia |
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| Mountain type | Complex volcano |
| Last eruption | June to July 1968 |
Kelimutu (pronounced [kəliˈmutu]) is a volcano, close to the small town of Moni in central Flores island in Indonesia. The volcano is around 50 km to the east of Ende, Indonesia, the capital of Ende regency in East Nusa Tenggara province.
The mountain has three crater lakes which differ in color. Their colors periodically and unpredictably change due to a chemical reaction, apparently independent from each other and from the volcano's activity. Between January and November 2016, the colors of the craters changed six times.
The volcano contains three striking summit crater lakes of varying colors. Tiwu Ata Bupu (Lake of Old People) is usually blue and is the westernmost of the three lakes. The other two lakes, Tiwu Ko'o Fai Nuwa Muri (Lake of Young Men and Maidens) and Tiwu Ata Polo (Bewitched or Enchanted Lake) are separated by a shared crater wall and are typically green or red respectively. The lake colors vary on a periodic basis. Subaqueous fumaroles are the probable cause of active upwelling that occurs at the two eastern lakes.
The lakes have been a source of minor phreatic eruptions in historical time. The summit of the compound 1639-m-high Kelimutu volcano is elongated two km in a WNW-ESE direction; the older cones of Kelido and Kelibara are located respectively three km to the north and two km to the south. The scenic lakes are a popular tourist destination.
Kelimutu is also of interest to geologists because the three lakes have different colors yet are at the crest of the same volcano. According to Kelimutu National Park officials, the colour changes as a result of chemical reactions resulting from the minerals contained in the lake perhaps triggered by volcano gas activity.Kawah Putih lake in West Java, south of Bandung, is another crater lake in Indonesia with some similarities to the lakes at Kelimutu.
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