Lokon is a very active twin volcano with the adjacent Empung and is located close to the pleasantly cool town of Tomohon, which is surrounded by agricultural land. All recent eruptions have originated from the Tompaluan crater which lies in the saddle between the two peaks – when most people say they climbed Lokon they mean they visited the crater and most guides will think you only want to go to the crater.
Facts Elevation: 1,165 m (3,822 ft) Prominence: 1,165 m Ribu category: Kurang Tinggi Province: Kepulauan Riau (Riau Islands) Island: Lingga Coordinates: -0.1959, 104.5501 Rating: World Ribus ID: 69152 Photos Bagging It! Gunung Daik is the highest point of Lingga island off the east coast of Sumatra. It is a very striking mountain, with two jagged peaks and
Facts Elevation: 2,028 m (6,654 ft) Prominence: 954 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Coordinates: 4.6358, 97.4084 Rating: Bagging It! This peak was reached by the Metalik hiking community in Aceh in 2012. It has the triangulation pillar P.128.
Facts Elevation: 3,317 m (10,883 ft) Prominence: 851 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Coordinates: 3.7477, 97.4791 Rating: Other names: Written as ‘Kemili’ on the Bakosurtanal map. Photos Bagging It! Do not attempt to climb any of the mountains in Aceh province that are over 3,000 meters if you do not have extra time on
This Ribu is the most active volcano in Indonesia. Its name literally means mountain of fire and it is one of the world’s 16 Decade Volcanoes. It can therefore be very dangerous indeed. There was a major eruption in 2006 but nothing on the scale of what happened in October and November 2010 when a series of devastating eruptions killed over 300 people across a radius of almost 20km from the crater.
Gunung Ruang is the southern-most volcano in the Sangihe arc between North Sulawesi and Mindanao in the Philippines. The island volcano is situated in Kebupaten Sitaro next to the island of Tagulandang. The last significant eruption was in 2002 when two kampungs had to be evacuated. Since then, Ruang continues to be active with fumes around the crater. For some reason, many locals call the island and volcano ‘Duang’.
Facts Elevation: 530 m (1,739 ft) Prominence: 206 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Sabah Division: Bahagian Tawau Coordinates: 4.3851, 117.8806 Rating: Other names: Bukit Bombalai Photos Bagging It! This relatively small hill is not particularly prominent but it is an ancient volcanic cinder cone and effectively still regarded as a dormant volcano. Indeed, it is considered to
The starting point for Gunung Tapis is less than an hour from the city of Kuantan, in the pleasant tourism-friendly town of Sungai Lembing, home to one of the world’s largest underground tin mines.
Facts Elevation: 1,200 m (3,937 ft) Prominence: 997 m Peak category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan) Coordinates: -1.5333, 111.0817 Rating: World Ribus ID: 69223 Bagging It! This is not the famous Bukit Raya that is the highest point in Kalimantan but rather a smaller and more obscure peak of the same name. It is a borderline
Facts Elevation: 2,015 m (6,611 ft) Prominence: 1,010 m Ribu category: Tinggi Sedang Province: Sumatera Utara (North Sumatra) Coordinates: 1.7517, 99.3858 Rating: Other names: Dolok Tampulonanjing is 2km north-east World Ribus ID: 69216 Bagging It! This is a very remote and undiscovered borderline Ribu. Dolok Tampulonanjing is 2km north-east, and may be more known in the local
