GVP volcano 268070 · no holder yet
Kie Besi
Kie Besi is a 1,357 m stratovolcano in Indonesia, last erupted in 1988.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,357 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1988
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1861
- Eruptions
- 8 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.32°N 127.40°E · Indonesia
- Region
- Halmahera Volcanic Arc, Western Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 268070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).