Marapi, Indonesia

Complex volcano · 2,885 m (9,465 ft) · Sumatra

Marapi is a complex volcano in Indonesia, 2,885 m (9,465 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records 5 significant eruptions here, which killed 251 people where the toll is counted.

Marapi on the map

Marapi and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Complex volcano
Elevation: 2,885 m (9,465 ft)
Country: Indonesia
Region: Sumatra
Summit: 0.380° S, 100.474° E
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 261140

Significant eruptions

5 on record, newest first.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.