Mount Tangkuban Parahu

Mount Tangkuban Parahu is one of a mountain located in the province of West Java, Indonesia. About 20 km to the north of Bandung, with a lush carpet of pine trees and nearby tea gardens, mountain Tangkuban Parahu have as high as 2084 meters altitude.

The shape of this mountain is Stratovulcano the eruption center that moves from east to west. Rock types are mostly excreted in the eruption of lava and sulfur, a mineral which is a sulfur-sulfur removed, minerals incurred when the mountain is not active sulfur vapor. The average daily temperature is 17oC during the day and 2 ° C at night.

Mount Tangkuban Parahu have dipterocarp forests Mount, Upper dipterocarp forest, Montane forest, and mountain forests or forest Ericaceous

The origin of Mount Tangkuban Parahu associated with Sangkuriang legend, narrated in love with his mother, Dayang Sumbi. To thwart her intentions to marry her, so Dayang Sumbi Sangkuriang proposed requirement makes the boat overnight. When the effort failed, Sangkuriang angry and kicked the boat, so it landed upside down in a state. The boat is then formed Mount Tangkuban Parahu.

Mount Tangkuban Parahu include an active volcano whose status is being watched by the Indonesian Directorate of Volcanology. Some of the crater is still showing signs of activity of this mountain. Among the signs of this volcano is the appearance of sulfur gases and hot springs at the foot of his mountain of whom are in Ciater, Subang.

The existence of this mountain as well as topographic relief in the form of Bandung basin with hills and mountains on each side to strengthen the theory of the existence of a lake (crater) is now a major area of ​​Bandung. Is believed by geologists that the highlands Bandung with a height of approximately 709 m above sea level is the remnant of an ancient volcanic explosion known as the Sunda Mountain and Mount Tangkuban Parahu is the remnant of an ancient Mount Sunda still active. This phenomenon can be seen on Mount Krakatau in the Sunda Strait and Ngorongoro district in Tanzania, Africa. So the legend that is the story of the community Sangkuriang region is believed to be a public documentation of ancient Sunda Mountain area to the events at the time.