Mount Pangrango
Volcano in West Java, Indonesia
Mount Pangrango is a dormant stratovolcano located in the Sunda Arc of West Java, Indonesia. This mountain is formed by a subduction zone on the southern coast of Java as part of the Sunda Plate facing the Australian Plate which contains the Indian Ocean. It is located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
It has a height of 3,026 m (9,928 ft). Its peak is called Mandalawangi, which forms a tripoint border between Bogor, Cianjur and Sukabumi Regency. The mountain is located northwest of Mount Gede in the vicinity of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park.
01Name
The origin of the name Pangrango is speculated to be from two ancient Sundanese words pang and rango which means "That which huffs and puffs", referring to the past volcanic activity of this mountain.
02Geography
The Mandalawangi peak of the mountain is a tripoint where the borders of Bogor, Cianjur, and Sukabumi Regencies meet. It is the second-highest mountain in West Java after Mount Cereme. Mount Pangrango ranked 26th of the Ribus of Indonesia with a topographic prominence of 2,426 m (7,959 ft). The mountain is seen from Bogor and Sukabumi, while it is slightly obscured by the neighboring Mount Gede if seen from Cianjur. On a very clear day, it can be seen from Jakarta.
03Ecology
The mountain has a montane ecosystem consisting of Dipterocarpaceae and Ericaceae plants.
04Hydrology
Mount Pangrango serves as the headwater area for four river basins that surround it, and all four of them converge around the mountain's peak. Three of these basins, namely the Cisadane River Basin, Ciliwung River Basin, and Citarum River Basin, flow northward towards Java, while the last one, the Cimandiri River Basin, flows southward towards Java.
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- View Mt Gede Pangrango from Mt Gede peak.jpg by Herdik.herlambang, CC BY-SA 4.0
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Uitzicht op de Pangerango vanuit de plantentuin in Buitenzorg TMnr 3728-812.jpg by Jhr. J.C. (Josias Cornelis) Rappard (Schilder)., CC BY-SA 3.0
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