Mount Patuha is a twin

stratovolcano A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and per ...

about 50 km to the southwest of

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. It is located in the Bandung District of West Java. It is one of numerous volcanoes in this area; others in the region include

Mount Malabar Mount Malabar is a stratovolcano, located immediately south of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The profile is broad with basaltic andesite, type of geological stone. See also * List of volcanoes in Indonesia * Malabar Radio Station Refere ...

, Mount Wayang, and

Mount Papandayan Mount Papandayan is a complex stratovolcano, located in Garut Regency, to the southeast of the city of Bandung in West Java, Indonesia. It is about to the southwest of the town of Garut. At the summit, there are four large craters which cont ...

(placed on a warning alert in August 2011). The summit of Mt Patuha contains two

volcanic crater A volcanic crater is an approximately circular depression in the ground caused by Volcano, volcanic activity. It is typically a bowl-shaped feature containing one or more vents. During Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions, molten magm ...

s 600 m apart. The northwest crater is dry but the southeast one has a greenish-white

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called

Kawah Putih Kawah Putih (Sundanese script, Sundanese: ) ( en, White Crater) is a Volcanic crater lake, crater lake and tourist spot in a volcanic crater about south of Bandung in West Java in Indonesia. Kawah Putih lake (7.10° S 107.24° E) is one of the t ...

(or white crater). There was formerly a

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mine at Kawah Putih although production has now ceased. No detailed history of eruptions is known for Mount Patuha. There are also potential sites for geothermal power near Mt Patuha which are being considered for development as sites for generation plants to feed the national electricity grid. State-owned geothermal power producer PT Geo Dipa Energi has been involved in recent plans to invest in a project in the Mt Patuha area.

Kawah Putih

This crater contains a striking lake. The area was opened in 1987 as a tourist spot and attracts a considerable number of visitors. There is a good 5-kilometer access road from the main road (which, in turn, is the main road south from

through the town of Ciwidey). The surface of the lake changes colour from blueish green to whitish green depending on the concentration of sulphur and the weather. At full moon, fluorescent green light appears from the (lake) crater. Pre-wedding pictures are frequently taken here due to the magnificent scenery.
Kawah Putih
lake (7.10° S 107.24° E) is one of the two craters which make up Mount Patuha, an andesitic stratovolcano (a "composite" volcano). Mt Patuha is one of numerous volcanoes in Java.

crater lake itself represents a relatively stable volcanic system with no records of significant activity since around 1600.

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Kawah Putih
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