Mount papandayan

The volcano is a volcano located in Garut regency, West Java Cisurupan precisely in the District. Mountain with an altitude of 2665 meters above sea level is located about 70 km southeast of Bandung.
At the volcano, there are some famous crater. Among Crater Diamond, a New Crater, Crater Nangklak, and Crater Manuk. Craters are producing steam from the inside.
The mountain is very popular among hikers, climbers, especially beginners. As well as the beauty of its natural structure, the mountain also has a sulfur craters that are still active and still crowded field Eidelweis which covers tens of acres and many trees Pearl White. The volcano is a nature reserve in which there are many object-biodiversity and beautiful natural attractions.
The volcano has Hill dipterocarp forest, dipterocarp forest Upper Montane forest, and mountain or forest Ericaceous Forest.
Papandayan eruption was recorded several times. Among them in 1773, 1923, 1942, 1993, and 2003. Major eruption occurred in 1772 destroyed at least 40 villages and killed about 2951 people. Landslide-covered area of ​​10 km with a width of 5 km.
On March 11, 1923 eruption occurred at least 7 times in the New Crater and preceded by an earthquake centered in Cisurupan. On January 25, 1924, Diamond Crater temperature increased from 364 degrees Celsius to 500 degrees Celsius. An eruption of mud and rocks in the crater Mas and New crater and destroyed the forest. While the eruption of material almost reaches Cisurupan. On February 21, 1925, eruption occurred at Crater Nangklak mud. In 1926 a small eruption occurred at Crater Diamond.
Since April 2006 Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) establish Papandayan status was upgraded to the alert, after an increase in seismic activity. At 7 to 16 April 2008, there was an increase in temperature in 2 crater, namely Crater Mas (245-262 degrees Celsius), and Balagadama (91-116 degrees Celsius). While the pH level decreases and the concentration of minerals increases. On October 28, 2010, the status Papandayan again increased to level 2.