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{{Short description|Mountain in North Sulawesi, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount&nbsp;Lokon
| photo = Lokon.JPG
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 1580
| elevation_ref = <ref name="gvp">{{cite gvp|vn=266100|title=Lokon-Empung|accessdate=2006-12-31}}</ref>
| prominence_m =
| listing = [[Ribu]]
| translation = Mountain of Rice Fields
| language = [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]
| location = [[Sulawesi]], Indonesia
| range =
| map = Indonesia Sulawesi
| range_coordinates =
| map_caption = Location on Sulawesi island
| map_size = 275
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|1|21|30|N|124|47|30|E|type:mountain_region:ID_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=gvp/>
| topo =
| type = [[Stratovolcano]]
| age = 400,000 years
| last_eruption = May 2015 (ongoing)<ref name="gvp"/>
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
'''Mount Lokon''' ({{langx|id|Lo'kon}}), also known as '''Gunung Lokon''', together with [[Mount Empung]], is a twin volcano ({{convert|2.2|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=or}} apart) in the [[Tomohon]], [[Minahasa Regency]], [[North Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]], roughly {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on|lk=off}} south of [[Manado]]. Both rise above the [[Tondano]] plain and are among active volcanoes of Sulawesi. Mount Lokon has a flat and craterless top.<ref name="gvp"/> Its active crater is located on its foot, named "Tompaluan" crater.
==History==
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Aanleg van een steiger aan de Baai van Menado met op de achtergrond de vulkanen Lokon en Empung TMnr 60027989.jpg|thumb|left|Mount Lokon view from the Pier of [[Manado]] bay, captured in 1920]]
[[File:Erupting gunung lokon.jpg|thumb|left|Mount Lokon erupting in 2011]]
[[File:Gunung Lokon.jpg|thumb|left|Mount Lokon view from [[Tomohon]]]]
[[File:Tompaluan130910.JPG|thumb|right|Mount Lokon unleashes an ash plume, seen from the foothills village near [[Lokon-Empung|Tompaluan]]]]
[[File:Black crested macaques.jpg|thumb|left|Black crested macaques living in the Lokon nature reserve]]
Lokon formed during a period of andesitic volcanism on ring fractures resulting from the [[Mount Tondano|Tondano caldera]]'s early to mid-Pleistocene collapse.  Recently erupted material remains andesitic in composition <ref name="lahendong">{{cite web|title=Lahendong|url=http://202.51.233.205/pbumi/sulawesi/hendongtxt.html|work=Lahendong|accessdate=15 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327171234/http://202.51.233.205/pbumi/sulawesi/hendongtxt.html|archivedate=27 March 2012}}</ref> and consists of ash plumes and, less commonly, pyroclastic flows and lava domes.<ref name="gvp"/>
The volcano erupted on 15 July 2011, forcing thousands of people to evacuate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14164522|title=Indonesians flee volcano eruption on Sulawesi|publisher=BBC News|date=14 July 2011|accessdate=2011-07-16}}</ref>
The volcano again began showing signs of activity on 10 February 2012, and 19 September 2012 (11:01pm). An eruption occurred at 8:20, am<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nst.com.my/latest/mount-lokon-in-indonesia-erupts-1.44705|title=Mount Lokon in Indonesia erupts - Latest - New Straits Times|work=nst.com.my|year=2012|accessdate=11 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210230816/http://www.nst.com.my/latest/mount-lokon-in-indonesia-erupts-1.44705|archivedate=10 February 2012}}</ref> the same day sending an ash plume two miles into the sky. Local residents were evacuated from a two and a half mile exclusion zone around the volcano.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/09/world/asia/indonesia-volcano-eruption/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2|title=Volcano erupts in Indonesia, hurling ash cloud into the sky|publisher=CNN|date=11 February 2012|accessdate=2012-02-11}}</ref> An eruption occurred on 17 December 2012.
[[Indonesia]] has 129 volcanoes including Mount Lokon. The eruption of Mount Lokon in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/17/indonesian-volcano-biggest-eruption-yet | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Indonesian volcano has biggest eruption yet | date=17 July 2011}}</ref>
== See also ==
{{Portal|Indonesia}}
* [[List of volcanoes in Indonesia]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=266100 Lokon-Empung] - Global Volcanism Program
* [http://soleilian.com/1073 Flowers of Tomohon]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14164522 BBC report on eruption, 15 July 2011]
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[[Category:Mountains of Sulawesi|Lokon]]
[[Category:Stratovolcanoes of Indonesia|Lokon]]
[[Category:Volcanoes of Sulawesi|Lokon]]
[[Category:Active volcanoes of Indonesia|Lokon]]
[[Category:Landforms of North Sulawesi]]
[[Category:Holocene stratovolcanoes]]
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[[Category:Ranowangko basin]]
[[Category:Malalayang basin]]