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Mount Gede or Gunung Gede (Big Mountain in Sundanese) is a stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia. The volcano contains two peaks with Mount Gede as one peak and Mount Pangrango for the other one. Three major cities, Cianjur , Sukabumi , and Bogor , are located in the volcano complex at the east, south, and northwest, respectively, along with ...
Gunung Gede-Pangrango is inhabited by 251 of the 450 bird species found in Java. Among these are endangered species like the Javan hawk-eagle and the Javan scops owl. [2] Among the endangered mammal species in the Park, there are several primates such as the silvery gibbon, the Javan surili and Javan lutung.
The Raung (ꦫꦲꦸꦁ), or Mount Raung (Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ ꦫꦲꦸꦁ, romanized: Gunung Raung) is one of the most active volcanoes on the island of Java in Indonesia. It is located in the province of East Java and has a 2-kilometer-wide (1.2 mi) and 500-meter-deep (1,600 ft) caldera surrounded by a grayish rim. The difference in ...
Gunung Padang is an archaeological site located in Karyamukti, West Java, Indonesia, 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Cianjur.Located at 885 metres (2,904 ft) above sea level, the site covers a hill—an extinct volcano—in a series of five terraces bordered by retaining walls of stone that are accessed by 370 successive andesite steps rising about 95 metres (312 ft).
The Semeru (Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩꦺꦫꦸ), or Mount Semeru (Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ ꦱꦼꦩꦺꦫꦸ, Indonesian: Gunung Semeru) is an active volcano located in East Java, Indonesia. It is located in a subduction zone, where the Indo-Australian plate subducts under the Eurasia plate. [3] It is the highest mountain on the island of Java.
The Gunung Wule inscription tells of someone who was ordered to maintain a sacred building in the Dihyang area; The Kapuhunan inscription mentions a holy place named Kailasa as a place of worship for Pitamaha (a designation of an honorable person) who has received support to carry out services for Sri Haricandana (the god Shiva), this ...
Lithograph from the 1880s depicting Mount Pangrango seen from Bogor Botanical Gardens. Mount Pangrango is a dormant stratovolcano located in the Sunda Arc of West Java, Indonesia. [1]
Mount Lawu is home to many historic and prehistoric religious structures. One archeological site is the Site of Watu Kandang Ngasinan, and evidence of monolithic structures dotting the landscape, often in the form of simple rocks three meters in height and two in width jutting into the sky, can be found.