Slamet volcano, Central Java 2023-2025

Slamet, Java’s second highest volcano at 3428 m and one of its most active. It is located on central-java, near the city of Purwokerto and Tegal.  The volcano has a cluster of about three dozen cinder cones on its lower SE-NE flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. Slamet is composed of two overlapping edifices, an older basaltic-andesite to andesitic volcano on the west and a younger basaltic to basaltic-andesite one on the east.

Read more in depth information about Slamet volcano at: The Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program

Photos 2013-2016: here

2025

Slamet volcano Purwokerto Indonesia 2025
The town of Purwokerto with Slamet volcano in the background. Note the white emission plume from the summit crater of Slamet.

2024

 

2023

Slamet during a colorful sunset.
Slamet volcano as seen from Purbalingga