Mount Slamet
| Mount Slamet | |
|---|---|
Mount Slamet seen from Limpakuwus paddy field | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,432 m (11,260 ft) |
| Prominence | 3,328 m (10,919 ft) Ranked 65th |
| Listing | Ultra Ribu |
| Coordinates | 7°14′21″S 109°13′12″E / 7.23917°S 109.22000°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Central Java, Indonesia |
| Parent range | Sunda Arc |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | March to September 2014 |
Mount Slamet (Indonesian: Gunung Slamet, "Salvation Mountain" or "Mountain of Health") is an active stratovolcano that summits in the Pemalang Regency of Central Java, Indonesia. It has a cluster of around three dozen cinder cones on the lower southeast and northeast flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. The volcano is composed of two overlapping edifices. Four craters are found at the summit. Mount Slamet is a location with the coldest average temperature on the island of Java and one of the areas with the highest annual rainfall in Indonesia, namely 8,134.00 millimeters (mm) per year.
Historical eruptions have been recorded since the eighteenth century, with its most recent events being in 2009 and 2014. Its summit is Central Java's highest point, highest in Java after Semeru.