Ijen Crater / Ijen Mountain
Location
Licin Regency, Banyuwangi / Klobang Regency, Bondowoso
History
Ijen has knowed world since pair tourist from france,
Nicolas Hulot and Katia Kraft came in 1971. They write down about beautiful scenery
ijen crater and how hard work from sulfur miner in Geo Magazine, France
Description
Ijen crater is crater with sulfur acid, had caldera wall
height is 300 - 500 meter and wide area until 5.466 Ha. crater itself more less
20 Km and deep 300 meter below caldera wall.
In the morning you will see by sunrise view beside that
morning sunray will irradiate crater and reflect make colour green tosca in
surface. beware with water from crater even looks calm that water had volume
200 m3 and heat until 200 degree celcius.
In southeast area crater placed solfatara ground, and
always loose volcanic gas with high content sulfur and smelly. although in west
area had dam constitute headwater from Banyupait river. dam had scenery
beautifully but not often people go there cause road go there really hard and
if rain sometime avalanche. this dam build by Netherlands in colonial time for
anticipated for acid rain from crater
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