Saturday, 11 May 2013

Mount Batur


Mount Batur is an active volcano in the district of Kintamani, Bangli Regency, Bali, Indonesia. Located in the northwest of Mount Agung, the mountain has a caldera measuring 13.8 x 10 km and is one of the largest and most beautiful in the world (van Bemmelen, 1949). I formed inside the caldera caldera II shaped circular with a diameter of approximately 7 km. Basic II caldera located between 120-300 m lower than the railroad Kintamani (basic Caldera I). Mount Batur caldera formed by the two expected major eruption, 29,300 and 20,150 years ago.

Mount Batur region is an area of ​​Bangli regional attraction. Papyrus Susana in Bali, Mount Batur is the peak of Mount Mahameru who moved Batara Pasupati to be sthana Goddess Danuh (palace Goddess Danu). At any given time, all Hindus of various regions in Bali came to Mount Batur deliver to Suwinih to repel pests disaster that befell the fields. By delivering this Suminih the Batur mountain region into a fertile area.

Area that can be highlighted as a tourist attraction is the crater, caldera and lake. There is a flow of water in a soil that drains water Lake Batur, which appears to be a spring in several places in Bali and is considered the "Holy Water"

Mount Batur has erupted several times. Mount Batur eruption in recorded history began in 1804 and the last eruption occurred in 2000. Since 1804 until 2005, Mount Batur has erupted 26 times and most devastating eruptions occurred on 2 August and ending 21 September 1926.

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