Mount Merapi is an active stratovolcano on the border between Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, standing 2,968 meters high after losing 38 meters of elevation in its 2010 eruption. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia, erupting regularly since at least 1548, and sits about 28 kilometers north of the city of Yogyakarta, home to 2.4 million people, with villages inhabiting its slopes up to 1,700 meters in elevation. Smoke frequently rises visibly from its summit, and its 2010 eruption killed 353 people, with further eruptions in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Because of its destructive potential and the dense population living close to it, Merapi is designated one of the world's Decade Volcanoes.
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Connections
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Source Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Merapi
Source Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Merapi
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Volcanism via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Mount Merapi
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Source Wikidata: Mount Merapi
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1. Mount Merapi (Wikipedia)
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In 2004, an area of 6,410 hectares around Mount Merapi was established as a national park.
2. Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Volcanoes of the World, Holocene volcanoes service
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism ProgramVolcanoes of the World, volcano 263250Quote, Volcanoes of the World, volcano 263250
"Volcano_Name": "Merapi" ... "Last_Eruption_Year": 2026
Wikidata: Mount Merapi
Wikidata Q134108, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Merapi
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism ProgramAssociated With: Andesite, Major_Rock_Type field
"Major_Rock_Type": "Andesite / Basaltic Andesite"
Associated With: Pleistocene, Geological_Summary
Growth of Old Merapi during the Pleistocene
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