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Mount Papandayan, west Java Indonesia

February 11, 2012

Mount Papandayan is a complex stratovolcano, located in Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia. It is about 15 km to the southwest of the town of Garut. At the summit, there are four large craters which contain active fumarole fields. An eruption in 1772 caused the northeast flank to collapse producing a catastrophic debris avalanche that destroyed 40 villages and killed nearly 3,000 people. The eruption truncated the volcano into a broad shape with two peaks and a flat area 1.1…

Java Volcanoes Study

this is simple story when I trip with my guest from German society of Volcanology. the trip starting from Bali and finish at Mount Papandayan. in this trip, we study of Volcanoes visiting Mount Ijen (kawah Ijen) test the lake temperature and acid then after here, we exploration the south flank of Mount semeru, already 3 month in active. next destination is explore Mount Kelud for testing the Oxygen concentrate and Hot temperature. in Mount Merapi we explore the Woro…