Mount Patah

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Mount Patah
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value.
Highest point
Elevation2,836 m (9,304 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Ribu
CoordinatesLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Geography
LocationBengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
Geology
Rock ageQuaternary
Mountain typeUnknown
Volcanic arcSunda Arc
Last eruptionUnknown
Volcanic lake in the Mount Patah area.

Mount Patah (Indonesian: Gunung Patah, means: Broken Mountain) is the highest mountain in the Indonesian province of Bengkulu, it is a heavily forested quaternary age volcano southeast of Mount Dempo on Sumatra island, Indonesia. On 1 May 1989, a fumarole activity was observed by a pilot near the summit. The exact location of the crater, the date of its formation and its geologic relationship is uncertain.[1]

Mount Patah is in a protected forest area RajaMandara,[2] with a total area of 42.567 hectares. The peak of the mountain is located on the border of the province of Bengkulu and South Sumatra with a height of 2,852 meters above sea level, in the western part there is a crater sulfur which is located into the region of Bengkulu province at an altitude of 2,600 meters above sea level, in the southern part of the crater there is a volcanic lake with an altitude of 2,550 meters above sea level.

A picture of the crater of Mount Patah[3]

See also

[edit | edit source]

Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).