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Volcanoes Of Java
The Indonesian island of Java (island), Java is almost entirely of Volcanoes, volcanic origin, and contains numerous volcanoes, 45 of which are considered active volcanoes. As is the case for many other Indonesian islands, volcanoes have played a vital role in the geological and human history of Java. Indeed, land is created on Java as a result of lava flows, ash deposits, and mud flows (''lahars''). Volcanoes are a major contributor to the immense fertility of Java, as natural erosion transports volcanic material as alluvium to the island's plains, forming thick layers of fertile sediment. The benefit is not just in the immediate vicinity of the volcano, with fine ash emitted from eruptions being dispersed over wide areas. Climbing volcanoes (and other mountains) is increasingly popular. List of volcanoes This list is of volcanoes from the west of Java to the east. Local terminology and usage has the word ''Gunung'' (''mount or mountain'') precede the names. West Java ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semeru Bromo Temple
The Semeru (), or Mount Semeru (, ) is an active volcano located in East Java, Indonesia. It is located in a subduction zone, where the Indo-Australian Plate, Indo-Australian plate Subduction, subducts under the Eurasian Plate, Eurasia plate. It is the highest mountain on the island of Java. The name "Semeru" is derived from Mount Meru (mythology), Meru, the central world mountain in Hinduism, or Sumeru, the abode of gods. This stratovolcano is Mahameru, meaning "The Great Mountain" in Sanskrit. It is one of the more popular hiking destinations in Indonesia. Geology Semeru rises steeply above the coastal plains of eastern Java. Maars containing Volcanic crater lake, crater lakes have formed along a line through the volcano's summit. It was formed south of the overlapping Ajek-ajek and Jambagan calderas. The eruptive products are andesite, andesitic. Semeru lies at the south end of the Tengger Volcanic Complex. Eruptive history Semeru's eruptive history is extensive. Since 181 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pangrango
Mount Pangrango is a dormant stratovolcano located in the Sunda Arc of West Java, Indonesia. The mountain is formed by a subduction zone on the southern coast of Java as part of the Sunda Plate facing the Australian Plate which contains the Indian Ocean. It is located about south of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. It has a height of . Its peak is called ''Mandalawangi''. The mountain is located northwest of Mount Gede in the vicinity of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park. Name The origin of the name Pangrango is speculated to be from two ancient Sundanese words ''pang'' and ''rango'' which means "That which huffs and puffs", referring to the past volcanic activity of this mountain. Geography The ''Mandalawangi'' peak of the mountain is a tripoint where the borders of Bogor, Cianjur, and Sukabumi Regencies meet. It is the second-highest mountain in West Java after Mount Cereme. Mount Pangrango ranked 26th of the Ribus of Indonesia with a topographic prominence of . The mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Sumbing
Mount Sumbing () is an active stratovolcano in Central Java, Indonesia. This volcano is symmetrical like its neighbor Mount Sindoro which lies to its northwest. Administratively, The volcano is divided between 3 regencies: Temanggung, Wonosobo, and Magelang. The only report of historical eruptions is from 1730. It has created a small phreatic crater at the summit. The summit of Mount Sumbing serves as the meeting point of the borders of three river basins, namely, the Progo basin on the eastern side of the mountain, the Serayu basin, and the Bogowonto basin on the western side of the mountain. The Progo River Basin covers more than 50% of the Mount Sumbing complex. Each of these river basins flows towards the southern coast of Java, eventually emptying into the Indian Ocean. Gallery File:Mount Sundoro & Mount Sumbing Relief Map, SRTM-1.jpg, Mount Sundoro (left), Mount Sumbing (right) File:Mt.Sumbing&Sindoro.jpg, Mount Sumbing (left) and Mount Sindoro (Sundoro) (rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Sundoro
Mount Sindoro, Mount Sindara or Mount Sundoro is a semi-active stratovolcano in Central Java, Indonesia. Parasitic craters and volcanic cones are found in the northwest-southern flanks; the largest is called Kembang. A small lava dome occupies the volcano's summit. Historical eruptions have been mostly mild to moderate. The Sindoro mountain complex serves as the headwaters for the Progo river basin on the eastern slope and the Serayu river basin on the western slope. The boundary between the headwaters of these two river basins extends southeastward from the Sindoro mountain complex to the summit of Mount Sumbing. The headwaters of the Progo River basin on the eastern side flow through Temanggung Regency, while the headwaters of the Serayu River basin on the western side flow through Wonosobo Regency. Both of their mainstem ultimately discharge into the Indian Ocean, on the southern coast of Java, separated by a distance of approximately . Geography Around Mount Sundoro lies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieng Volcanic Complex
The Dieng Volcanic Complex () is a volcanic complex located on the Dieng Plateau in Central Java, Indonesia, a complex of volcanoes. The volcanic complex consists of two or more stratovolcanoes, more than 20 small Volcanic crater, craters, and Pleistocene to Holocene-age volcanic cones. It covers a area. The Prahu stratovolcano was truncated by a large Pleistocene caldera and then filled by parasitic cones, lava domes, and craters which is . Some of them are turned into lakes. Toxic volcanic gas has caused fatalities and is a hazard at several craters. On 20 February 1979, 149 people died of gas poisoning in Pekisaran Village on the plateau near the Sinila Crater. , ''The Jakarta Post'' The area is also home to a major Geothermal energy, geothermal proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Slamet
Mount Slamet (, "Salvation Mountain" or "Mountain of Health") is an active stratovolcano that summits in the Pemalang Regency of Central Java, Indonesia. It has a cluster of around three dozen cinder cones on the lower southeast and northeast flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. The volcano is composed of two overlapping Volcano#Volcanic features, edifices. Four Volcanic crater, craters are found at the summit. Mount Slamet is a location with the coldest average temperature on the island of Java and one of the areas with the highest annual rainfall in Indonesia, namely 8,134.00 millimeters (mm) per year. Historical eruptions have been recorded since the eighteenth century, with its most recent events being in 2009 and 2014. Its summit is Central Java's highest point, highest in Java after Semeru. Eruptions Mount Slamet has had a total of 42 confirmed eruptions as of 18 September 2014. The earliest recorded eruption was 11 August to 12 August 1772. September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayang-Windu
Wayang-Windu is a twin volcano that consists of Mount Wayang (Indonesian: ''Gunung Wayang'', "Mount Shadow") and Mount Windu. They are located just to the east of the town of Pangalengan in the Bandung Regency (''Kabupaten'' or ''District'') in West Java, Indonesia, about south of the city of Bandung. The area has been an active geothermal project. Mount Wayang has a wide crescentic crater which holds four groups of fumaroles. Mount Windu has a wide crater. The Wayang-Windu mountain complex is part of the hydrological divide that separates two major river basin groups in Java, dividing the northern and southern regions. This hydrological boundary stretches from the east to the west of the Java Island. The eastern slopes of the Wayang-Windu mountains are part of the Citarum River basin system, where the tributaries originating from these mountain slopes merge with the main river flow, eventually flowing towards the northern coast of Java and discharging into the Java Sea. On the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangkuban Parahu
Tangkuban Perahu () is a stratovolcano in Lembang, West Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia. It erupted in 1826, 1829, 1842, 1846, 1896, 1910, 1926, 1929, 1952, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1983, 2013 and 2019. It is a popular tourist attraction where tourists hike or ride to the edge of the crater to view the hot water springs and boiling mud up close, and buy eggs cooked on the hot surface. Together with Mount Burangrang and Bukit Tunggul, it is a remnant of the ancient Mount Sunda after the plinian eruption caused the Caldera to collapse. In April 2005, the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation raised an alert, forbidding visitors from going up the volcano. "Sensors on the slopes of the two mountains - Anak Krakatoa on the southern tip of Sumatra Island and Tangkuban Perahu in Java - picked up an increase in volcanic activity and a build-up of gases, said government volcanologist Syamsul Rizal." On the mountain's northern flank is Death Valley, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Tampomas
Mount Tampomas is a small andesitic stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia. Young lava flows are found on the eastern flank of the volcano. The mountain was used as a source of construction rocks to build the nearby Mrica Hydroelectric Dam project. Tampomas means "winnows of gold" in Sundanese language, Sundanese. The mountain area is locally known as Agro Gusti Kencanawati named after lady spirit resides there. The legend says that a royal couple once had an argument and their spirits lay in the two rock outcrops side by side for eternity. The nearby mountain is where the male spirit is supposed to reside. See also * List of volcanoes in Indonesia * Manuk River, Cimanuk * Cipunagara River * Jatigede Dam * Sumedang * Sumedang Larang Kingdom References Stratovolcanoes of Indonesia Volcanoes of West Java Sumedang Regency {{WJava-geo-stub Cimanuk basin Cipunagara basin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talagabodas
Mount Talagabodas or Mount Telagabodas (which means Mount of ''White Lake'' (refer to white crater lake) in Sundanese) is a stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia. The volcano is about 25 km to the east of the town of Garut and is built up of andesitic lavas and pyroclastics. Fumaroles, mud pots and hot springs are found around the crater lake. Changes of the lake color occurred in 1913 and 1921. The diameter of crater lake is less than 2 km and lies at an altitude of 1,720 m or 1,020 m above Garut plains. Mt Talagabodas is just north of Galunggung volcano which attracted global attention following an eruption in 1982 that, amongst other things, caused widely reported disruption to international air travel and an emergency for British Airways Flight 9 travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Perth in June 1982. See also * List of volcanoes in Indonesia * Cimanuk * Citanduy * Tasikmalaya Tasikmalaya (also known as Tasik) is a landlocked city in West Java, Indonesia. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Salak
Mount Salak (, ) is an eroded volcano in West Java, Indonesia. It has several satellite cones on its southeast flank and the northern foot, along with two additional craters at the summit. Mount Salak has been evaluated for geothermal power development. According to a popular belief, the name "Salak" is derived from '' salak'', a tropical fruit with scaly skin; however, according to Sundanese tradition, the name was derived from the Sanskrit word ''Salaka'' which means "silver Silver is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. ...". Mount Salak can be translated to "Silver Mountain" or "Mount Silver". Geology Mount Salak is a stratovolcano with its last recorded eruption in January 1938. On October 10, 2018, there was a false alarm, as the VAAC in Darwin said that there was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulosari (volcano)
Mount Pulosari is a stratovolcano in Pandeglang Regency, Banten, in West Java Indonesia. There are active solfataras on its deep caldera wall. Geology Pulosari is included on the list of 116 Indonesian Holocene age volcanoes. It has been identified as a volcano in a fumarolic state with no known eruptions. Basalt, andesite, and pyroxene have all been identified in the petrology of the mountain. An 1875 account describes the crater as consisting of "tan lava and traohite chunks", around 800 steps in diameter and shallow. It also states that the crater contains boiling mud and that the rim is permeated by sulfurous gas made more prominent should the ground be punctured. History During the 10th century, a Hindu temple was built on the highland of the mountain, under the Sunda Kingdom. Five statues that share a single base depict Shiva Mahadewa, Durga, Batara Guru, Ganesha and Brahma; these are known as "Caringin" statues. 800 priests are said to have lived on the mountain un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
