Tangkuban Parahu, West Java

Tangkuban Parahu or boat is one of the mountain is located in the province of West Java, Indonesia. About 20 km to the north of the city of Bandung, with a lush carpet of pine trees and nearby tea gardens, Tangkuban Parahu have as high an altitude 2084 meters. The form of this mountain is the center of the eruption Stratovulcano move from east to west. Rock types are mostly excreted in the eruption of lava and sulfur, a mineral that is issued sulfur sulfur, a mineral that was issued when the mountain is not active sulfur vapor. Tangkuban area managed by the Housing Boat Forestry. The average daily temperature is 17 ° C during the day and 2 ° C at night.

Tangkuban Parahu have Dipterokarp forest hill, forest Dipterokarp Upper Montane forest, and forest or mountain forest Ericaceous.

Tangkuban Parahu include active volcanoes whose status is being watched by the Indonesian Directorate of Volcanology. Some of the crater is still showing signs of volcanic activity is. Among signs of volcanic activity is the appearance of sulfur gases and hot springs at the foot of the mountain, which are in kasawan Ciater, Subang.

 

Local folk legend

The origin Tangkuban Parahu Sangkuriang associated with the legend, narrated in love with his mother, Dayang Sumbi. To thwart his intention to marry her, Dayang Sumbi Sangkuriang stipulating that make boat overnight. When his efforts failed, Sangkuriang angry and kicked the boat that landed upside-down. The boat is then formed Tangkuban Parahu.

 

The existence of this mountain and the topographic relief in the form of Bandung basin with hills and mountains on each side strengthens the theory of the existence of a large lake that is now the Bandung area. It is believed by geologists that the Bandung plateau with an altitude of approximately 709 m above sea level is the remnant of a huge lake formed by damming Ci Tarum by ancient volcanic eruptions, known as Mount Sunda and Tangkuban Parahu be remnants of ancient Mount Sunda are still active. This phenomenon can be seen on Mount Krakatau in the Sunda Strait and Ngorongoro district in Tanzania, Africa. So the legend is a story that people Sangkuriang region is believed to be a documentation of the Ancient Sundanese Mountain area of the incident at the time.