Mount Pangrango

Mount Pangrango
Mount Pangrango viewed from the peak of Mount Gede
Highest point
Elevation3,019 m (9,905 ft)[1]
Prominence2,426 m (7,959 ft)[2]
Coordinates6°46′38″S 106°58′52″E / 6.7773°S 106.9810°E / -6.7773; 106.9810
Geography
Mount Pangrango is located in Java
Mount Pangrango
Mount Pangrango
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionUnknown
Climbing
First ascent1815 by Raffles
Easiest routeCibodas
Lithograph from the 1880s depicting Mount Pangrango seen from Bogor Botanical Gardens

Mount Pangrango is a dormant stratovolcano located in the Sunda Arc of West Java, Indonesia.[1] The 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 3,019 m (9,905 ft).[2] Its peak is called Mandalawangi.[3] The mountain is located northwest of Mount Gede in the vicinity of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park.

  1. ^ a b "Pangrango". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ^ a b "The Ribus - Indonesia Peaks with 1000 meters of Prominence". Peakbagger. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ^ Backshall, Stephen (26 May 2003). The Rough Guide to Indonesia (2nd ed.). Rough Guides. p. 153. ISBN 978-1858289915.