Mount Batur

Mount Batur

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Mount Batur is an active volcano in the district of Kintamani, Bangli Regency, Bali, Indonesia. Located in the northwest of Mount Agung, the mountain has a caldera measuring 13.8 x 10 km and is one of the largest and most beautiful in the world (van Bemmelen, 1949). Caldera dike height ranging between 1267 m - 2152 m (peak G. Abang). I formed inside the caldera caldera II circular with a diameter of approximately 7 km. Basic II caldera located between 120-300 m lower than the railroad Kintamani (basic Caldera I). Inside the caldera are crescent-shaped lake that occupies the southeastern part of the length of about 7.5 km, a maximum width of 2.5 km, circumference about 22 km and an area of ​​about 16 km2, which is called Lake Batur. Mount Batur caldera formed by an estimated two major eruptions, 29,300 and 20,150 years ago.