Mount Talang

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Talang
Elevation	2,597 metres (8,520 ft)
Location	Sumatra, Indonesia <tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Coordinates</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">0°58′42″S, 100°40′46″E</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Type</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">Stratovolcano</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Last eruption</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">2005</td></tr>

Talang

2,597 metres (8,520 ft)

Location

<tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Coordinates</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">0°58′42″S, 100°40′46″E</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Type</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">Stratovolcano</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Last eruption</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">2005</td></tr>

Mount Talang (Indonesian: Gunung Talang) is a stratovolcano which is in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Its elevation is 2,690 metres (9,825 feet). Following a minor eruption in April 2005, over 25,000 inhabitants of the local area were evacuated due to fears further volcanic eruptions.

Talang has eight confirmed eruptions between 1833 and 1968.