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First Historically Documented Eruption

When
1822
Where
Mount Galunggung
Part of
Galunggung volcano erupts in West Java

Galunggung volcano experienced its first historically documented eruption in 1822, marking the beginning of its recorded volcanic activity.

Mount Galunggung, an active stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia, erupted for the first time in documented history in 1822. The supplied sources record only the year and the volcano's location; they do not describe the eruption's course, its effects, or contemporary accounts of the disaster.

Sources

  1. Galunggung Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-13

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