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Mount Ruang
Ruang is the southernmost stratovolcano in the Sangihe Islands arc. It comprises an volcanic island, island 4 × 5 km wide. The summit contains a partial lava dome, and reaches some 2,379 ft in altitude. From its summit, Mount Klabat, Klabat's peak in the south, that of Siau Island, Siau to the north, and Ternate to the east can all be seen. Eruptions The first recorded eruption was in 1808. Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Adolf Meyer witnessed a large eruption in 1871. Ruang was uninhabited at the time, but the inhabitants of nearby Tagulandang had many plantations on its slopes. The eruption destroyed these in minutes and caused a tsunami that obliterated most of their large village, situated on Tagulandang, opposite Ruang. Most of the village's inhabitants drowned, and their bodies could afterwards be seen on the beach. See also * List of volcanoes in Indonesia References {{commons category Stratovolcanoes of Indonesia Mountains of North Sulawesi VEI-4 volcano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribu
A ribu is a mountain that reaches a topographic prominence of at least . "Ribu" is an Indonesian word meaning "thousand". In Indonesia and Malaysia, three categories of ribus are known according to the absolute height of the peak. The "Sangat Tinggi" (Indonesian for "very high") category is for peaks higher than 3,000 meters, "Tinggi Sedang" (Indonesian for "medium height") for peaks between 2,000 and 3,000 meters, and "Kurang Tinggi" (Indonesian for "less high") for peaks with an elevation of between 1,000 and 2,000 meters. Currently, a total of 270 ribus are known across the Indonesian archipelago, including those in Malaysia and East Timor. Some are popular hikes, such as Mount Rinjani, Mount Semeru, and Mount Kerinci, while others are much more obscure, and some do not even have official names. Some famous Indonesian mountains, such as Mount Bromo and Tangkuban Perahu, are not ribus because they are connected to higher peaks by high passes and therefore do not achieve enough to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |