Mountain giants found in the waters west of Sumatra may break the record as the largest volcano in Indonesia. Similarly, according to the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
"Mount Kerinci a height of about 3,800 meters and 3,600 meters of Mount Semeru about losing the newly discovered mountain in the Bengkulu waters. If this is indeed true mountain volcano, the mountain is the largest volcano in Indonesia, "said Head of Geological Agency PVMBG, Bandung, Jakarta Surono
The mountain location is located in the Sunda Trench in the southwest of Sumatra, located approximately 330 km from Bengkulu. Estimated height of 4,600 meters with a peak at a depth of 1,280 meters above sea level. Its diameter is estimated to be about 50 km.
He predicted that the volcano had previously found that a few times so that the erupted materials eruptions make the mountain bigger as it is today. According Surono, researchers should investigate further to determine the certainty of the volcanos, such as the level of activity magmanya, has a hole at the top as a place to get out and other eruptions.
When the mountain is a volcano, further Surono, will be very dangerous when it erupted. Volcano in the middle of the sea could cause huge waves on the sea surface, even a tsunami. Therefore, there needs to be a serious concern of the government to anticipate it.
"They also have to conduct surveillance and monitoring of the condition of the mountain and make a map of disaster-prone areas around the mountain so as to anticipate things that are not desirable," he said.
Surono appreciation profusely to the researchers from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources CGG Veritas and the Institut de Physique Globe Paris who discovered the giant volcano.