Mount Agung Volcano Erupts

• Mount Agung on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali erupted again early on 21^st April, spewing volcanic ash into the sky to a height of 2km.

Key Facts

• Indonesia sits along the Ring of Fire region, an area where most of the world’s volcanic eruptions occur. The Ring of Fire has seen a large amount of activity in recent days, but Indonesia has been hit hard due to its position on a large grid of tectonic plates.
• Indonesia is at the meeting point of three major continental plates – the Pacific, the Eurasian and the Indo-Australian plates – and the much smaller ....