Talk:List of volcanoes in Indonesia

Comments by Michaelas10
Some comments are left in the edit mode here:. I'll try to answer below. &mdash; Indon ( reply ) &mdash; 16:32, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1)   → No, it is not a nickname. Anak Krakatau is the official name of the parasitic cone that rises from the Krakatau caldera. A parasitic cone is not a new volcano.
 * 2)   → It's about the four islets, created after the 1883 Krakatau eruption. The four islands are part of Krakatau; they are not separated volcanoes. The eruption has created a large caldera, filled with sea water and some caldera rims are above the surface that look like separate islands. Therefore, only Krakatau is listed in the table.
 * 3)   → I've removed it. Thanks.
 * Thank you for the answers. By "Is that its child? Is that a nickname?" I meant that you should point that out in the text, if it's a nickname, give it an italic font. Notice I've left you some comments at the first copyedit too.  Michaelas10   (Talk)   16:46, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see your point. And yes, I found your comments too, but I've expanded directly there. &mdash; Indon ( reply ) &mdash; 17:31, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Before Present
You are right that if we remove the Before Present date format, we need to change the actual date in the article. I should have done that. However, I do feel that we should maybe do this (remove BP and change the date) in this first paragraph, simply because it doesn't make for very good reading - no-one refers to dates like this in practice, and none of the other dates in the article are given in this format, apart from the later reference to Toba. Maybe we should let the second instance stand as this is a more detailed section about the volcanoes, but I think it should be removed from the first paragraph. What do you think? --Bwmodular 15:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, it seems a bit strange with BP (I was when I found the source it at the first time), but it is a common practice among geologists, anthropologists and celestial mechanics people to date an uncalibrated raw data from radiocarbon dating. 1000 years ago is not equal with 1000 BP. So if we remove BP, then I don't know how to convert 76,000 BP into "years ago". I think we should let it be like that, because it is absolutely correct per source that we use. &mdash; Indon ( reply ) &mdash; 15:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Font size
Why does the font get smaller and smaller on this page? By the time you scroll down to the bottom, you need a microscope to read the text! 73.202.76.73 (talk) 08:34, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

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Gunang Seraya in Bali is missing
...and I am afraid I've neither the expertise in Wikipedia or volcanology to do anything about it.

This eroded volcano comprises the eastern tip of Bali, and is obviously much older than the more active volcanoes like Agung to the west, though Seraya is part of an east-west line including Agung and Batur. There is a robot generated Wiki at https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Seraya, but it does not mention that it is a volcano. However, if you go to the coordinates 8° 23′ 51.36″ S, 115° 39′ 41.4″ E in Google Earth or some similar program and get some altitude the volcanic form and caldera are clear. A geologica map of Bali https://www.researchgate.net/figure/307838390_fig2_Figure-2-Geologic-map-of-Bali-Island-after-Purbo-Hadiwidjojo-1971 identifies it as a seperate formation from the early Quatenary, so maybe 2 million years ago, much older than the active volcanoes on the island. Thats all I've been able to find out, hope someone can make sense of this. 216.164.60.47 (talk) 12:43, 14 October 2017 (UTC)Murphie

VEI level 8 wording revision
It says in the article that level 8 on the VEI scale is "the largest possible for a volcanic eruption". However on the VEI scale wikipedia page it says that level 8 is just the largest *known* level and that higher levels may exist but we haven't got evidence or records of that size. Consider rewording on this page to "largest known" rather than "largest possible" 4jbptero (talk) 08:08, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

I have edit the text slightly for clarity, to reflect the open-ended nature of the VEI classification system. Slight edit to: "highest level for a volcanic eruption" 4jbptero (talk) 23:34, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Active volcano count mismatch compared to Smithsonian website
Based on this reference the active volcano count is 58. https://volcano.si.edu/faq/index.cfm?question=countries Ramiiith (talk) 03:09, 17 September 2023 (UTC)