Volcanological Survey of Indonesia

Center of Vulcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation of Indonesia
Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi
Agency overview
Formed1919 (1919) (earliest formation)
HeadquartersJalan Diponegoro 57, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Parent departmentMinistry of Energy and Mineral Resources
Websitevsi.esdm.go.id

Volcanological Survey of Indonesia is the official Indonesian government agency under Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources which are responsible for investigating, recording, and warning about volcanoes within the Indonesian region of responsibility and geological hazard mitigation.

The full official Indonesian name is the Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (English: Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center), often abbreviated to PVMBG.[1] It is based in Bandung in West Java.[2]

It was preceded by the Netherlands East Indies Volcanological Survey.[3]

It has also been known as the Direktorat Vulkanologi, the organisation published a range of publications during the era with that the name:

  • Peta geologi gunungapi (Geologic map of volcano)[4]
  • Peta daerah bahaya gunungapi (Volcanic hazard map)[5]
  • Peta kawasan rawan bencana gunungapi (Volcanic hazard map of volcano)[6]

Its main annual publication has been known as Berita Berkala Vulkanologi.[7]

Direktorat Vulkanologi also has published historical records of references to eruptions in historical time:-

  • Data dasar gunungapi Indonesia (Catalogue of references on Indonesian volcanoes with eruptions in historical time)[8]
  1. ^ Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (Indonesia) (2016), Peta kawasan rawan bencana gunungapi [nama gunungapi] = Volcanic hazard map of volcano [name of volcano], Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi, Badan Geologi, Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral, Badan Geologi, retrieved 28 June 2023
  2. ^ https://geologi.esdm.go.id/id/profil/tugas-fungsi/pusat-vulkanologi-dan-mitigasi-bencana-geologi Pusat Vulkan ologu dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi
  3. ^ Dutch East Indies. Volkanologisch Onderzoek (1927), Bulletin of the Netherlands East Indian Volcanological Survey, The Survey, ISSN 0368-6302
  4. ^ Indonesia. Direktorat Vulkanologi (1985), Peta geologi gunungapi = Geologic map of volcano, Direktorat Vulkanologi, retrieved 24 July 2023
  5. ^ Indonesia. Direktorat Vulkanologi (1985), Peta daerah bahaya gunungapi = Volcanic hazard map, Direktorat Vulkanologi, retrieved 24 July 2023
  6. ^ Indonesia. Direktorat Vulkanologi; Indonesia. Direktorat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi; Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (Indonesia) (1996), Peta kawasan rawan bencana gunungapi = Volcanic hazard map of volcano, Direktorat Vulkanologi, retrieved 24 July 2023
  7. ^ Indonesia. Direktorat Geologi; Indonesia. Direktorat Vulkanologi (1900), Berita berkala vulkanologi = Bulletin of the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia for the year, Direktorat, retrieved 18 June 2017
  8. ^ Kusumadinata, K; Neumann van Padang, M. Catalogue of the active volcanoes in the world including solfatara fields Part 1 : Indonesia; Indonesia. Direktorat Vulkanologi (1979), Data dasar gunungapi Indonesia = Catalogue of references on Indonesian volcanoes with eruptions in historical time, Republik Indonesia, Departemen Pertambangan dan Energi, Direktorat Jenderal Pertambangan Umum, Direktorat Vulkanologi, retrieved 24 July 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)