Earth:Mount Masurai

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Short description: Volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia
Mount Masurai
Gunung Masurai
Mt Masurai (201293087).jpeg
Masurai as seen from Lubuk Pungguk Village, Jangkat
Highest point
Elevation2,916 m (9,567 ft)
Prominence2,916 m (9,567 ft)
ListingUltra
Ribu
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 02°30′09″S 101°51′30″E / 2.5025°S 101.85833°E / -2.5025; 101.85833
Geography
Mount Masurai is located in Sumatra
Mount Masurai
Mount Masurai
Sumatra, Indonesia
Parent rangeBarisan Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Volcanic arc/beltPacific Ring of Fire
Last eruptionPleistocene[1]

Mount Matsurai, natively known as Gunung Masurai, is a large complex of inactive stratovolcanoes in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia. The volcano attains an elevation of 2,916 m (9,567 ft) above sea level.[1]

Geology

Mount Masurai is part of the greater Barisan Mountains, which formed due to offshore subduction of the Indo-Australian Plate beneath the Sunda Plate along the Sunda megathrust. The volcanic comples is situated in the Sungai Penuh pull-apart basin; caused by offsets along two segments of the Great Sumatran Fault. In the southern section of the basin, closer to Mount Masurai, the basin becomes wider.[2]

Mount Matsurai contains two crater lakes; Kumbang Lake and Merbuk Lake; near the summit cone. The summit cone occupies the western remnant of a half-caldera, 7 km in diameter. The rim of the half-caldera is at an altitude of 2,000 m (6,600 ft)–2,250 m (7,380 ft). A third lake, Blue Lake, located in the caldera, is thought to be remnants of a parasitic eruption; one of many around the area.[3]

Flora

Two species of tropical carnivorous pitcher plants; Nepenthes spathulata and Nepenthes singalana notably overlap each other. The plants, which cannot be definitively assigned to either appear intermediate in form between these two species. It was discovered by botanist Charles Clarke, and written in his monograph Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.[4]

Climbing

Kumbang Lake is a popular feature of the volcano, often visited by climbers on their way to the summit.[5]

See also

  • List of volcanoes in Indonesia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Masurai". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vnum=261819. 
  2. Hirofumi Muraoka; Masaaki Takahashi; Herry Sundhoro; Sjafra Dwipa; Yoshio Soeda; Manabu Momita; Kanichi Shimada (2010). "Geothermal Systems Constrained by the Sumatran Fault and Its Pull-Apart Basins in Sumatra, Western Indonesia". Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2010. https://www.geothermal-energy.org/pdf/IGAstandard/WGC/2010/1248.pdf. 
  3. Asep Rohiman; Dipowiguno Prijanto; Arief Prabowo; Antonius Ratdomopurbo; Ruly Setiawan; Mutiara Effendi; Eko Wahyudi (2017). "Geochemical Characteristics of Volcanic Rocks from The Mt.Masurai's Caldera, Jambi, Indonesia". Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1204 (12070): 012070. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1204/1/012070. 
  4. Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  5. "Gunung Masurai Jambi, Surganya Pendaki Sleeping Mountain" (in id). 9 July 2019. https://travelingyuk.com/gunung-masurai-jambi/176365.