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Volcanoes of Indonesia

Fire, Ash and the Mountains that Made an Archipelago


Indonesia has more active volcanoes than any country on Earth. This is the book that explains them, and shows you how to climb them.

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Covers101 volcanoes
Maps26 maps
Climbs6 with trail maps
Edition2027
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Inside this book

Everything you need for Volcanoes of Indonesia.

From Krakatau to Kerinci, from the sulphur miners of Ijen to the sunrise crowds above Bromo, Volcanoes of Indonesia is a complete, fact-checked guide to the Ring of Fire.

Built on the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and Indonesia's own monitoring agency, it puts all 101 of the country's Holocene volcanoes on the map, with six classic climbs mapped and profiled.

  • The Ring of Fire explainedwhy Indonesia burns, how a volcano works and how alert levels keep people safe
  • Island by islandSumatra, Java, Bali to Sumbawa, Flores and the Banda arc, Sulawesi and Maluku
  • The great eruptionsToba, Samalas, Tambora, Krakatau and the eruptions of our century
  • Six classic climbsRinjani, Bromo and Semeru, Ijen, Agung, Merapi and Kerinci, with trail maps
  • 26 mapsisland maps, relief maps of the arc and purpose-made trail maps

From the book

Maps and pages from inside.

A few of the spreads you will find in Volcanoes of Indonesia: our own maps, chapter openers and the pages that plan your trip.

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