{{Short description|Mountain in Indonesia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Gamkonora | image = Gamkonora.jpg | image_caption = Mount Gamkonora in 1984 | elevation_m = 1560 | elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/><ref name=gvp>{{cite gvp|vnum=268040|title=Gamkonora|accessdate=2020-09-17}}</ref> | prominence_m = 1560 | prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/><ref name="peakbagger">{{cite peakbagger|pid=12992|name=Gamkonora, Indonesia|accessdate=2012-01-22}}</ref> | range = | listing = Ultra<br />Ribu | location = Halmahera, Indonesia | map = Indonesia | range_coordinates = | map_size = | label_position = left | coordinates = {{coord|1|22|42|N|127|32|03|E|type:mountain_region:ID_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/><ref name=gvp/> | topo = | type = Stratovolcano | age = | last_eruption = July 2007<ref name=gvp/> | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }} {{redirect|Gamkonora|language|Gamkonora language}}
'''Mount Gamkonora''' is a stratovolcano on Halmahera island, Indonesia. With an elevation of {{convert|1560|m|ft|0}}, it is the highest peak on the island. It has produced an elongated series of craters along the north–south rift.
Mount Gamkonora is an active volcano that produced 13 eruptions with indices from 1 to 5 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI).<ref name="GVP-Eruptive History">{{Cite web |title=Gamkonora, Eruptive History |url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=268040&vtab=Eruptions |work=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |accessdate=27 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=globalv/> The largest eruption occurred on 20 May 1673 (VEI-5) and was accompanied by a tsunami which inundated the nearby villages.<ref name="GVP-Eruptive History" /> Between 1564 and 1989 the volcano erupted twelve times.<ref name=globalv/>
The volcano erupted again on 10 July 2007, with over 8,000 people reported to have fled their homes in the vicinity.<ref name=bbc_2007/>
==See also== {{portal|Indonesia}} * List of volcanoes in Indonesia * List of ultras of the Malay Archipelago
==References== <references>
<ref name=bbc_2007> {{cite web | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6286946.stm | title=Thousands flee Indonesia volcano | publisher=BBC News | date=10 July 2007 | access-date=2007-07-10}}</ref> <ref name=globalv> {{cite book | title = Global Volcanism 1975-1985 | year = 1989 | editor = McClelland, Lindsay | publisher = Prentice Hall | isbn = 0-13-357203-X | page = [https://archive.org/details/globalvolcanism10000unse/page/231 231] | url = https://archive.org/details/globalvolcanism10000unse/page/231 }}</ref> <ref name="peaklist"> {{cite web | url = http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/indonesia.html | title = Mountains of the Indonesian Archipelago | publisher = peaklist.org | accessdate = 2012-01-22}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gamkonora}} Category:Stratovolcanoes of Indonesia Category:Active volcanoes of Indonesia Category:Mountains of Indonesia Category:Volcanoes of Halmahera Category:VEI-5 volcanoes Category:Holocene stratovolcanoes Category:Ultra-prominent peaks of Asia
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