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Volcano · Indonesia

Gunung Merapi

Elevation
2,911 m
#4,452
in the world
#43
in Indonesia
1,356 m
prominence

Gunung Merapi is a volcano in Indonesia, rising to 2,911 m, the 43rd highest we list in Indonesia.

Nearest town
17 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Gunung Merapi

Gunung Merapi lies in Indonesia.

Key facts

Elevation
2,911 m (9,551 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,356 m
Type
Volcano
Coordinates
-7.542, 110.446

How it ranks

Among peaks in Indonesia
#43of 118
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#4,452of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Gunung Merbabu3,079 m9.8 km
Gunung Telomoyo1,882 m21 km
Gunung Ungaran2,050 m41 km
Gunung Sumbing3,250 m45 km
Gunung Sindoro3,136 m56 km
Gunung Lawu3,265 m83 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Gunung Merapi.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
BoyolaliIndonesia59,85117 km
MuntilanIndonesia81,55518 km
JogonalanIndonesia28,11421 km
SlemanIndonesia56,21522 km
KebonarunIndonesia21,74522 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.