Sunday, January 18, 2009

Mount Rinjani,Nusa Tenggara barat indonesia


Mount Rinjani is a mountain located on the island of Lombok, Nusa Tenggara barat. Mountain, which is the second highest volcano in Indonesia with a height of 3726 m dpl located at latitude and 8 º 25 'and LS 116 º 28' BT is a favorite for mountain climber Indonesia because of the beauty of the landscape. This mountain is part of the Mount Rinjani National Park which has a wide and about 41,330 ha will be proposed so that penambahannya into 76,000 ha to the west and east.

Administratively, the mountain is under the three districts, namely: timur Lombok, Central Lombok and West Lombok. To the west there is a cone Rinjani kaldera with knowledgeable about 3500 m × 4800 m, sweep you west towards the east. Kaldera in this there is Segara Anak (ocean = sea, lakes) area of 11,000,000 square m with a depth of 230 m. The water that flows from this lake formed waterfalls are beautiful, flowing through a steep ravine. At Segara Anak there are lots of gold fish and mujair so often used for fishing. With the color of the water go, this lake is like a child sea, as it is called "Segara Anak." The southern part of the lake is called Segara Endut. In the east there is kaldera Mount Baru (New Mountain's) own crater measuring 200 × 170m with a height of 2296 m - 2376 m dpl. This small mountain last burst in 2004.

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