1 Mount Batur - Kintamani
Mount Batur is an active volcano in Kintamani Bangli Regency, Bali, Indonesia. Located
to the Northwest of Mount Agung, the mountain has a caldera measuring
13.8 x 10 km and is one of the largest and most beautiful in the world
(van Bemmelen, 1949). Dykes Caldera height ranges between 1267 m-2246 m (peak of g. Abang). Inside
the caldera the caldera formed I II circular-shaped with a central
stripe approximately 7 km Caldera Basis. II is situated between 120-300 m
lower than Undak Kintamani (Caldera basic I). Inside
the caldera is a lake in the shape of a Crescent Moon that occupies the
southeastern part of that length is about 7.5 km, maximum width of 2.5
km, kelilingnya about 22 miles and is about 16 km2 that called the Lake
Batur. The caldera of Mount Batur is thought to have formed as a result of two major eruptions, and 29,300 20,150 years ago [1].
Mount Batur consists of three volcanic cone with each of its crater, Batur I, II and III of the Batur.
The Eruption
Lava from the eruption of Mount Batur (1926?) barely stockpiling candi bentar temple complex.
Mount Batur has repeatedly erupted. Eruptive activity g. Batur recorded in history began in 1804 and the last eruption took place in 2000. Since
1804 until 2005, Mount Batur has erupted 26 times [2] and the most
devastating occurred on 2 August and ends September 21, 1926. The eruption of Mount Batur hot lava flow that makes stockpiling Batur village and Ulun Danu Batur.
Batur village, rebuilt on the edge of the caldera to the South of Kintamani. Ulun Danu temple rebuilt, until now still renowned as the most beautiful temples in Bali. This
temple was dedicated in honor of "the Goddess Danu" Goddess of water,
as well as the temple contained in Lake Bratan, also dedicated to revere
"Goddess Danu".
Tourist objects
Mount Batur area is famous as a tourist mainstay Bangli Regency. It
is said that according to a story in the Epigraph Susana Bali, Mount
Batur is the Summit of Mount Mahameru moved Batara Pasupati study made
Danuh Betari Sthana (the Palace of Goddess Danu). At
any given time, the Hindus from different areas in Bali comes to Batur
to present Suwinih to repel the pest disaster that befell their farms. By delivering this suminih then the of Mount Batur to be a fertile area.
Areas that can be highlighted as a tourism destination is the crater, Caldera and Lake. There
is a flow of water in the soil that drains the waters of Lake Batur,
which appears to be a spring in a few places in Bali and is regarded as
the "Holy Water"
Cultural tourism in the area of Mount Batur is the Make. Although
the entire population generally Make such Hindu Balinese, they stated
that Hindus Make the original heritage. In
the North there are Make kuban, a village cemetery, but his remains are
not buried or burned, but was placed under a tree after an elaborate
death rituals. Pemakamanan place is catered for by the bones, and it could be that we find dead bodies that are still new.
