The Beauty of Mount Rinjani in Lombok

Mount Rinjani is a mountain located on the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. The mountain is the second highest volcano in Indonesia with an altitude 3726 m above sea level and is located at latitude 8 º 25 'latitude and 116 º 28' BT is a favorite for mountain climbers Indonesia for the beauty of the scenery.

This mountain is part of Mount Rinjani National Park with an area of ​​about 41 330 ha and will be proposed additions to be 76,000 ha to the west and east. Administratively the mountain is located in the territory of three districts: East Lombok, Central Lombok and Rinjani in Lombok Barat. High mountain point 3726 m above sea level, dominating most of the northern part of Lombok Island views.

In the west there is a caldera cone Rinjani area of ​​about 3,500 m × 4,800 m, extending to the east and west. In this caldera there Segara Son (urgent = sea, lake) area of ​​11 million sq m with a depth of 230 m. Water flowing from the lake forming a very beautiful waterfall, flowing through a steep ravine. In Segara Son abundant carp and mujair so often used for fishing. The southern part of the lake called Segara Endut.

On the east side of the caldera are New Mountain (or Mount Barujari) which has a crater measuring 170m × 200 m with a height of 2296-2376 m above sea level. This small mountain last active / erupted since the date of May 2, 2009 and all of May, after the previous eruption erupted about 2004 years 2004.Jika no casualties, the eruption of 2009 was the indirect casualties of 31 people, due to flash floods in the crow (River) Tanggek due to Segara Anak.Sebelumnya insistence lava, Mount Barujari ever recorded erupted in 1944 (lump formation) Act, 1966, and 1994. In addition there is the crater of Mount Barujari else ever broke out, called Mountain Group.

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 Source: www.id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Rinjani