Volcanoes of Indonesia

Tarakan, Indonesia

Pyroclastic cone · 317 m (1,040 ft) · Halmahera-Indonesia

Tarakan is a pyroclastic cone in Indonesia, 317 m (1,040 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Tarakan on the map

Tarakan 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
Pyroclastic cone
Elevation
317 m (1,040 ft)
Country
Indonesia
Region
Halmahera-Indonesia
Summit
1.832° N, 127.825° E
Last known eruption
Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from
Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number
268001

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

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.