Kawah Ijen

wanna share about my experience in kawah ijen..

Kawah Ijen volcano is one of several volcanoes located in the 15km diameter Ijen Caldera in East Java, Indonesia. it’s about 3hours from my place, jember. The caldera rim is still visible in places, but has been partially buried by Kawah Ijen, 2800m high Gunung Merapi (not to be confused with Merapi volcano near Yogyakarta), Gunung Rante and Gunung Pendil volcanoes. The caldera is today largely filled with coffee plantations. Kawah Ijen harbours a large warm acidic crater lake and an active sulphur mine. Due to its easy accessibility, turqoise lake and unique sulphur mining operation, the crater is regularly visited by tourists.

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