Volcano profile

Indonesia

Kie Besi.

Volcano profile for Kie Besi in Indonesia, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,357 m
Last documented eruption
1988
Coordinates
0.32°, 127.4°
GVP number
268070

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Indonesia

Kie Besi

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,357 m
Last documented eruption
1988
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
0.32°, 127.4°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Halmahera Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
268070
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Kie Besi · Indonesia

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
29 Jul 19885 Aug 19883Confirmed eruption
20 Jun 189030 Jun 18902Confirmed eruption
16 Oct 186416 Oct 18641Confirmed eruption
25 Aug 186331 Aug 18631Confirmed eruption
28 Dec 186116 Oct 1862?4Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1860Not available1Uncertain eruption
18 Jun 185418 Jun 18541Uncertain eruption
22 Sep 176030 Apr 1761?4Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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Kie Besi · No current eruption report · 1,357 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Sultan Babullah AirportIndonesia · TTE · WAEE
    56.9 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Nearby places

SofifiIndonesia · 49.6 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC