Mount Rinjani
| Mount Rinjani | |
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| Mount Barujari | |
1995 eruption
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,726 m (12,224 ft) |
| Prominence | 3,726 m (12,224 ft) Ranked 38th |
| Isolation | 1,602 kilometres (995 mi) |
| Listing |
Ultra Ribu |
| Coordinates | 8°24′52″S 116°27′35″E / 8.414414°S 116.459767°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Gunung Rinjani |
| Geography | |
 Mount Rinjani
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| Location |
Gunung Rinjani National Park Lombok, Indonesia |
| Parent range | Lesser Sunda Islands |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Late Mesozoic |
| Mountain type | Somma |
| Volcanic arc | Sunda Arc |
| Last eruption | 14:45, 27 September 2016 (WITA) |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Senaru |
| Normal route | Sembalun |
| Access | Restricted |
Mount Rinjani or Gunung Rinjani is an active volcano in Indonesia on the island of Lombok. Administratively the mountain is in the Regency of North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Barat, NTB). It rises to 3,726 metres (12,224 ft), making it the second highest volcano in Indonesia.
On the top of the volcano is a 6-by-8.5-kilometre (3.7 by 5.3 mi) caldera, which is filled partially by the crater lake known as Segara Anak or Anak Laut (Child of the Sea), due to the color of its water, as blue as the sea (laut). This lake is approximately 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level and estimated to be about 200 metres (660 ft) deep; the caldera also contains hot springs. Sasak tribe and Hindu people assume the lake and the mount are sacred and some religious activities are occasionally done in the two areas. On 27 September 2016 14:45 WITA Rinjani erupted.
Lombok is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a small archipelago which, from west to east, consists of Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba and the Timor islands; all are located at the edge of the Australian continental shelf. Volcanoes in the area are formed due to the action of oceanic crusts and the movement of the shelf itself. Rinjani is one of at least 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, four of which belong to the volcanoes of the Sunda Arc trench system forming part of the Pacific Ring of Fire – a section of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and South East Asia.
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