Tangkuban Perahu Indonesia

Mount Tangkuban Parahu mount Maras is one of the mountains in the province of West Java, Indonesia. About 20 miles to the North of Bandung city, with lush pine trees and expanses of tea gardens in the vicinity, Mount Tangkuban Parahu has an elevation of 2,084 metres tall. The form of this mountain is Stratovulcano with the center of the eruptions migrated from East to West. Types of rocks that are issued through an eruption of lava and sulfur are mostly minerals, issued is sulfur, mineral that is issued when an inactive volcano is sulfur vapor. Mountain areas are managed by Perum Maras Forestry. The average daily temperature is 17oC at noon and 2 ° c at night.
Mount Tangkuban Parahu has forested hills of Dipterokarp, Dipterokarp forest, Montane forest, and Ericaceous Forest or mountain forest.

The Legend Of Sangkuriang
The origin of Mount Tangkuban Parahu is associated with the legend of Sangkuriang, which tells her mother, falls in love with Dayang Sumbi. To thwart his intentions to marry, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang terms in order to make the boat overnight. When his efforts failed, Sangkuriang angry and kicked it, so that the boat landed in an upside-down. The boat is then formed mount Tangkuban Parahu.
Tangkuban perahu volcano include active status is regulated by the Directorate of Volcanology Indonesia continued. Its crater is still showing some sign of this mountain the liveliness. Among the signs of the volcano is the emergence of sulfur gas and hot water sources at the foot of the mountain in which are in kasawan, Ciater Subang.
The existence of this mountain as well as the form of the topography of the Bandung basin flanked by hills and mountains on each side reinforces the theory of the existence of a large lake (crater) in what is now the area of Bandung. It is believed by many geologists that the Java island with an elevation of approximately 709 m above sea level is the remnants of ancient volcanic eruptions known as mount Sunda and mount Tangkuban Parahu is of ancient mount Sunda are still active. This kind of phenomenon can be viewed at Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait and the Ngorongoro Conservation area in Tanzania, Africa. So that is the story of legend of Sangkuriang community area was believed to be a documentation community area of ancient mount sunda of events at that time.