About The Volcanoes, Indonesia

Indonesia belongs to one of the most volcanic and seismically active regions in the world, with more than 400 volcanoes of which 128 are active, with 70 recorded eruptions in historic times. The soil-rejuvenating effect of volcanic eruptions has contributed to the fact that victims of threatened areas have time and again returned to their stricken land.
So, the Volcanological Service has drawn hazard maps of volcanic areas so that early warnings can be issued for the evacuation of the people on time. Mountaineering clubs have in the past few years sprung up in Jakarta, Bandung and other big cities and university towns.
Among the most popular mountains for mountain climbing are the twin volcanoes Gede and Pangrango in West Java, Semeru and Kelud in East Java, Merapi in Central Java and Rinjani in Lombok. Expeditions have also been made to the perennial snow-covered summit of the Jayawijaya Range Carstensz Top in Papua.
Indonesia’s internationally best-known volcano is perhaps the Krakatau in the Sunda strait, midway between Java and Sumatra, whose calamitous 1883 eruption was commemorated in 1983.