Facts Elevation: 2,683 m (8,802 ft) Prominence: 2,683 m Ribu category: Tinggi Sedang Province: Maluku (Moluccas) Island: Buru Coordinates: -3.3006, 126.2199 Rating: Other names: Kaplamada, Kapalamadan, Kepala Madan World Ribus ID: 69018 Photos Bagging It! This Ribu is the highest point of Buru island. Almost certainly not climbed in recent decades. The name may even be incorrect […]
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Facts Elevation: 735 m (2,411 ft) Prominence: 735 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Nusa Tenggara Timur Island: Rinca Coordinates: -8.7650, 119.6816 Rating: Photos Bagging It! Doro Ora is the highest point of Rinca island (pronounced ‘Rintja’) – one of the two large islands in Komodo National Park. Closer than Komodo to the port town of Labuan Bajo
Facts Elevation: 914 m (2,999 ft) Prominence: 637 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan) Coordinates: 1.2515, 117.2845 Rating: Bagging It! Gunung Kulat is a huge, spectacular karst area in East Kalimantan about which very little is known.
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Facts Elevation: 849 m (2,785 ft) Prominence: 473 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan) Coordinates: 1.3718, 117.3275 Rating: Photos Bagging It! Gunung Kulat is a huge, spectacular karst area in East Kalimantan about which very little is known.
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Facts Elevation: 1,042 m (3,419 ft) Prominence: 627 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan) Coordinates: 1.6039, 117.4116 Rating: Photos Bagging It! Gunung Buntung is one of the highest peaks in the huge, spectacular Gunung Kulat karst area in East Kalimantan about which very little is known.
Facts Elevation: 1,023 m (3,356 ft) Prominence: 772 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan) Coordinates: -0.4469, 113.5293 Rating: Photos Bagging It! Puruk Sandukui is incredibly difficult to get to – it takes several days from the nearest city of Palangkaraya. This may explain why there are so few images of it available online. Apparently,
Facts Elevation: 1,580 m (5,184 ft) Prominence: 491 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan) Coordinates: 0.2608, 113.4284 Rating: Other names: Betikap Photos Bagging It! Bukit Batikap is one of the northernmost mountains in Central Kalimantan. In 2012, as part of a mapping project with Tumbang Tohan, Heart of Borneo followed three village members to
Gunung Batu Putih (‘White Rock Mountain’) is very close to being a Ribu and is indeed one of the most significant hikes of the Main Range. According to Malaysian hikers who include Gunung Gayong in their list, it is the eighth-highest in the Malay Peninsula.
Gunung Kerenceng is something of a hidden gem, lying so close to Bandung but little-known outside of local West Java hiking clubs. It can easily be climbed as a day hike, taking no more than 2-3 hours up and 2 hours down. The summit area is a tiny equilateral triangle with sides of just 3 metres and is where three narrow mountain ridges meet. Kerenceng is very accessible but the views from the top easily fool you into thinking you are in a much more remote area.
Banda Api is a small but very active island volcano in the remote Banda islands. It has been observed and written about for centuries since it was a key location for the trading of spice when the British, Dutch and Portuguese sought the vast quantities of nutmeg on these islands – particularly Run / Rhun island. The last major eruption was in 1988 but there remains minor fumarole activity near the summit.
