It is located in Province of Jambi , the west central part of the island, in the Pegunungan/Bukit Barisan , near the west coast, and is about 130 km (81 mi) south of Padang . It is the most prominent feature of the terrain of Kerinci Seblat National Park , with pine-forested slopes rising 2,400-3,300 metres above the surrounding basin, and a cone 13 km (8 mi) wide and 25 km (16 mi) long at the base, elongated in the north-south direction. At the summit there is a deep 600 m (1,969 ft) wide crater, often partially filled with green-yellow water. View into the Kerinci crater. Kerinci is more active than most Indonesian volcanoes, with nearly annual phreatic eruptions . Kerinci last erupted in 2004, and continues to spew clouds of sulphurous smoke, with plumes reaching as high as 1,000 m (3,281 ft) above the summit. While there is farmland in the area, and a tea plantation on its southern slope, Kerinci, being located in an Indonesian national park, and perhaps out of respect for ...