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Mount Talang (Indonesian: Gunung Talang) (2597 m) is an active stratovolcano in West Sumatra Indonesia. Talang has two crater lakes on its flanks the largest of which is 1 x 2 km wide and is called Lake Talang.According to the Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program Mount Talang has had eight confirmed eruptions between 1833 and 1968. A minor eruption followed in April 2005 over 25000 inhabitants of the local area being evacuated due to fears of further volcanic eruptions.
