Mt. Galunggung
PROFILE;
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Name: |
Mt. Galunggung |
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Tasikmalaya is located in the southern part of West Java, bordering on Garut City in the west and with City of Ciamis in the east. Tasikmalaya name originally was Tawang / Galunggung which in Sundanese means ‘wide rice field’. Tawang’s name was changed to Tasikmalaya after Galunggung volcano erupted because Tawang region is full of ‘sand ocean’ erupted Galunggung. In Sundanese, ‘tasik’ means lake, while ‘malaya’ means sand dunes. So, Tasikmalaya means a sea of sand dunes. Galunggung volcano into the type of young volcano that is still active today…. |
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GOVERMENT ADMINISTRATION
Province | West Java |
City / Regency | Kabupaten Tasikmalaya |
Distrik |
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Village | 1.1 Desa Linggawangi; 1.2 Desa Cigadog 2.1 Desa Sukamulih; 2.2 Desa Sukaharja; 3.1 Desa Linggajati |
PHISICAL CONDITION
Shape; |
Stratovulcano |
Condition; |
a vulcano / active |
History of eruption; |
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Elevation (meters above sea level); |
2.168 m (7.113 ft) |
Type of eruption; |
The character of the Galunggung volcano activity is the eruption leleran up to a large eruption that lasted briefly or long, or from the eruption of the type Strombolian to Pellean. The precursor warning only lasts between several months to weeks before the eruption… |
Topology & Geology; |
Rock Galunggung rock group is divided into 3 (three) formations, namely:
Mount Galunggung occupies an area of 275 km2 with a diameter of 27 km (northwest-southeast) and 13 km (northeast-southwest). In the west is bordered by Mount Karasak, on the north with Mount Talagabodas, in the east with Sawal Mountain and in the south bordering tertiary rocks of the Southern Mountains. In general, Mount Galunggung is divided into three units of morphology, namely: Cone of Fire Fire, Caldera, and Hill of Ten Thousand. The Volcano cones, occupying the western and southern parts, with a height of 2168 m above sea level, and have an inactive crater named Guntur Crater or crater at the top. This crater is a circle of 500 meters in diameter with a depth of 100-150 meters. This cone is an old Galunggung volcano cone before the formation of Caldera, has a slope of up to 30 ‘in the peak area and decreased to 5’ at the foot. |
Temperature; |
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OTHER HABITAT
Lake |
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River |
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