Gunung Karang
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Gunung Karang | |
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![]() Mount Karang in Banten. Photo courtesy Sumarso | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,768 m (5,801 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 1,703 m (5,587 ft)[2] |
Listing | List of volcanoes in Indonesia Ultra Ribu |
Coordinates | 6°16′09″S 106°03′00″E / 6.26917°S 106.05000°E[2] |
Naming | |
English translation | Mount of corals |
Language of name | Indonesian |
Geography | |
West Java, Indonesia | |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Holocene (?)[1] |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hiking |
Gunung Karang (translations could refer to either "craggy mountain" or "coral mountain" in the Indonesian language) is a volcano at the westernmost end of Banten, Indonesia.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "Karang". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ a b "Mountains of the Indonesian Archipelago" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
References
- Whitten, T; Soeriaatmadja, R. E.; Suraya A. A. (1996). The Ecology of Java and Bali. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions Ltd. p. 92.
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