{{Short description|Active stratovolcano in west Sumatra, Indonesia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = TALANG | other_name = ''Gunung Talang'' | image = Mount Talang.JPG | image_caption = Talang, July 2007 | elevation_m = 2597 | elevation_ref = <ref name=gvp>{{cite gvp|vnum=261160|name=Talang|accessdate=2020-10-10}}</ref> | listing = Ribu | location = West Sumatra, Indonesia | map = Indonesia#Indonesia Sumatra | map_size = 288 | label_position = right | coordinates = {{coord|00|58|42|S|100|40|46|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=gvp/> | type = Stratovolcano | age = | volcanic_arc = Sunda Arc | last_eruption = November to December 2007<ref name=gvp/> | first_ascent = | easiest_route= }}
'''Mount Talang''' ({{langx|id|'''Gunung Talang'''}}) ({{cvt|2,597|m|ft|disp=sqbr}}) is an active stratovolcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Talang has two crater lakes on its flanks, the largest of which is {{convert|1 x 2|km|mi}} wide and is called ''Lake Talang''.
According to the Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program, Mount Talang has had eight confirmed eruptions between 1833 and 1968.<ref name=gvp/> A minor eruption followed in April 2005, over 25,000 inhabitants of the local area being evacuated due to fears of further volcanic eruptions. Geologists say that the eruption in April 2005 is connected to the devastating December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indonesian Volcanoes Erupt; Thousands Evacuated |url=https://www.voanews.com/archive/indonesian-volcanoes-erupt-thousands-evacuated |website=Voice of America |access-date=10 December 2020 |date=29 October 2009}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><!--Previous reference has gone dead. Staff Writer. "[http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=661767 Volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra Erupts]." ''ABC News.'' April 11, 2005.-->
The pitcher plant ''Nepenthes talangensis'' is named after the mountain and is thought to be endemic to its upper slopes.<ref name=talangensis>Nerz, J. & A. Wistuba 1994. [http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v23n4p101_114.html Five new taxa of ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae) from North and West Sumatra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805161400/http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v23n4p101_114.html |date=2011-08-05 }}. ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' '''23'''(4): 101–114.</ref><ref name=Clarke>Clarke, C.M. 2001. ''Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.</ref>
==See also== * List of volcanoes in Indonesia
==References== {{reflist}} <!-- FOLLOWING ARE DEAD LINKS http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/indonesia/talang.html Volcano World: Talung http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr142005/foreign1733312005413.asp Deccan Herald -->
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talang, Mount}} Category:Stratovolcanoes of Indonesia Category:Subduction volcanoes Category:Active volcanoes of Indonesia Category:Volcanoes of Sumatra Category:Mountains of Sumatra Category:Volcanic crater lakes Category:Landforms of West Sumatra Category:Holocene stratovolcanoes
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