Barisan Mountains

Geological map of Bukit Barisan

The Bukit Barisan or the Barisan Mountains are a mountain range on the western side of Sumatra, Indonesia, covering nearly 1,700 km (1,050 mi) from the north to the south of the island. The Bukit Barisan range consists primarily of volcanoes shrouded in dense jungle cover, including Sumatran tropical pine forests on the higher slopes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The highest peak of the range is Mount Kerinci at 3,800 metres (12,467 ft).<ref>Template:Cite gvp</ref> The Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is situated towards the southern end of the range in Liwa, Indonesia.

The name Bukit Barisan actually means "row of hills" or "hills that make a row" in Malay, for the range stretches end to end along the island of Sumatra.

There are 35 active volcanoes in Bukit Barisan. The largest is the supervolcano Toba within the 100 km (62 miles) × 30 km (19 miles) Lake Toba, which was created after a caldera collapse (est. in 74,000 Before Present).<ref name="Oppenheimer2002">Template:Cite journal</ref> The eruption is estimated to have been at level eight on the VEI scale, the largest possible for a volcanic eruption.

List of volcanoes

The following list of active volcanoes in Bukit Barisan is sourced from the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program.<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref>

Name	Shape	Elevation	Last eruption (VEI)	Geolocation
Weh	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:DtsPleistocene	Template:Coord
Seulawah Agam	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (2)	Template:Coord
Peuet Sague	complex volcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (2)	Template:Coord
Geureudong	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts	Template:Coord
Mount Leuser	non-volcanic	Template:Convert		Template:Coord
Kembar	shield volcano	Template:Convert	Template:DtsPleistocene	Template:Coord
Sibayak	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts	Template:Coord
Sinabung	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	2 March 2021<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Coord
Toba	supervolcano	Template:Convert	cca 75.000 years ago	Template:Coord
Helatoba-Tarutung	fumarole field	Template:Convert	Template:DtsPleistocene	Template:Coord
Imun	unknown	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Sibualbuali	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Lubukraya	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Sorikmarapi	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (1)	Template:Coord
Talakmau	complex volcano	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Sarik-Gajah	volcanic cone	unknown	unknown	Template:Coord
Marapi	complex volcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (2)	Template:Coord
Tandikat	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (1)	Template:Coord
Talang	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (2)	Template:Coord
Kerinci	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (2)	Template:Coord
Hutapanjang	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Sumbing	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (2)	Template:Coord
Kunyit	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Pendan	unknown	unknown	unknown	Template:Coord
Belirang-Beriti	compound	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Bukit Daun	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Kaba	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (1)	Template:Coord
Dempo	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (1)	Template:Coord
Patah	unknown	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Bukit Lumut Balai	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Besar	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (1)	Template:Coord
Suoh	caldera	Template:Convert	Template:Dts (4)	Template:Coord
Hulubelu	caldera	Template:Convert	Template:Dts	Template:Coord
Rajabasa	stratovolcano	Template:Convert	Template:Dts	Template:Coord

Inactive volcanoes

The following list is sourced from the Study Archaeology<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="auto"/>

Name	Shape	Elevation	Last eruption (VEI)	Geolocation
Mount Pesagi	caldera	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Sekincau Belirang	caldera	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord
Ranau	caldera	Template:Convert	unknown	Template:Coord

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See also

• List of volcanoes in Indonesia
• Kodam I/Bukit Barisan