Perbakti is an eroded
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...
west of
Mount Salak in
West Java,
Indonesia. The summit is elongated in a northwest-southwest direction, in which Gunung Endut volcano rises above the saddle of Perbakti. Two 2 km wide depressions on the northern and the southern side has formed two rivers, the Kaluwung Herang and Pamatutan rivers.
Fumaroles,
mud pots and
hot springs are located on the south and the southeast flanks.
See also
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List of volcanoes in Indonesia
References
Stratovolcanoes of Indonesia
Mountains of West Java
Volcanoes of West Java
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