Maluku

Wurlali / Bur Laly

Pulau Damar (pronounced locally as “Damer”) is part of the Maluku Barat Daya (“MBD”) archipelago, often referred to as the “forgotten islands” of Indonesia. Damar is a seriously beautiful island dominated by the active volcano Wurlali, whose multiple peaks, dotted with fumaroles and streaked with yellow sulphur, rise above a green blanket of seemingly impenetrable jungle.

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Banda Api

BANDA API

Banda Api is a small but very active island volcano in the remote Banda islands. It has been observed and written about for centuries since it was a key location for the trading of spice when the British, Dutch and Portuguese sought the vast quantities of nutmeg on these islands – particularly Run / Rhun island. The last major eruption was in 1988 but there remains minor fumarole activity near the summit.

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Gunung Kapalatmada

Facts Elevation: 2,700 m (8,858 ft) Prominence: 2,700 m Ribu category: Tinggi Sedang Province: Maluku (Moluccas) Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: Kaplamada, Kapalamadan, Kepala Madan Photos Bagging It! This Ribu is the highest point of Buru island. Almost certainly not climbed in recent decades. The name may even be incorrect – there is another

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Manuk

Facts Elevation: 282 m (925 ft) Prominence: 282 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Maluku (Moluccas) Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none Photos Bagging It! The small steep-sided island of Manuk is the easternmost volcano in the arcuate Banda volcanic arc. The 282-m-high truncated andesitic cone rises 3000 m from the sea floor. No confirmed historical

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Laworkawra

Facts Elevation: 781 m (2,562 ft) Prominence: 781 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Maluku (Moluccas) Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: Nila Eruptions: 1903, 1932, 1964, 1968 Photos Bagging It! The 5 x 6 km Nila Island in the Banda Sea is comprised of a low-rimmed caldera whose rim is breached at sea level on the

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Serawerna

Facts Elevation: 655 m (2,149 ft) Prominence: 655 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Maluku (Moluccas) Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: Teon, Teun Eruptions: 1659-60, 1663, 1693, 1904 Bagging It! Teon, an elongated island in the southwestern Banda arc, is also known as Serawerna, the name of its active crater. Another smaller crater is located to

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