Mount Patah | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,836 m (9,304 ft)[1] |
Listing | Ultra Ribu |
Coordinates | 4°16′S 103°18′E / 4.27°S 103.30°E |
Geography | |
Location | Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Quaternary |
Mountain type | Unknown |
Last eruption | Unknown |
Mount Patah (Indonesian: Gunung Patah, means: Broken Mountain) is the highest mountain in the Indonesian province of Bengkulu, it is a heavily forested quaternary age volcano southeast of Mount Dempo on Sumatra island, Indonesia. On 1 May 1989, a fumarole activity was observed by a pilot near the summit. The exact location of the crater, the date of its formation and its geologic relationship is uncertain.[1]
Mount Patah is in a protected forest area RajaMandara,[2] with a total area of 42.567 hectares. The peak of the mountain is located on the border of the province of Bengkulu and South Sumatra with a height of 2,852 meters above sea level, in the western part there is a crater sulfur which is located into the region of Bengkulu province at an altitude of 2,600 meters above sea level, in the southern part of the crater there is a volcanic lake with an altitude of 2,550 meters above sea level.
A picture of the crater of Mount Patah[3]