Tangkuban Perahu (spelt Tangkuban Parahu
in the local Sundanese dialect)
is a dormant volcano 30 km north of the city of Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It last erupted in 1959. It is a
popular tourist attraction where tourists can hike or ride to the edge of the crater to view the hot water springs and boiling
mud up close, and buy eggs cooked on the hot surface.[2] This stratovolcano is on the island of Java and last
erupted in 1983. Together with Mount Burangrang
and Bukit
Tunggul, those are remnants of the ancient Mount Sunda
after the plinian eruption caused the Caldera to collapse.
In April 2005 the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard
Mitigation raised an alert, forbidding visitors from going up the volcano.
"Sensors on the slopes of the two mountains - Anak Krakatoa on the southern tip of Sumatra Island and Tangkuban Perahu in Java -
picked up an increase in volcanic activity and a build up of gases, said
government volcanologist Syamsul Rizal."[3]
Eruptive History
A study conducted in 2001 determined that Tangkuban Perahu has erupted at
least 30 times in the previous 40,750 years. Studies of the tephra layers within 3 km of the crater revealed that
twenty one were minor eruptions and the remaining nine were major eruptions.
The eruptions that occurred prior to approximately 10,000 years ago were magmatic/phreatomagmatic.
The eruptions that occurred after 10,000 years ago were phreatic."[4]
Legend
Main article: Sangkuriang
The biggest crater, Kawah Ratu
or Queen of the Craters of Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Bandung, West Java.
The name translates roughly to "upturning of (a) boat" or
"upturned boat" in Sundanese, referring to the local legend of its
creation. The story tells of "Dayang Sumbi", a beauty who lived in
West Java. She cast away her son "Sangkuriang" for disobedience, and
in her sadness was granted the power of eternal youth by the gods. After many
years in exile, Sangkuriang decided to return to his home, long after the two
had forgotten and failed to recognize each other. Sangkuriang fell in love with
Dayang Sumbi and planned to marry her, only for Dayang Sumbi to recognize his
birthmark just as he was about to go hunting. In order to prevent the marriage
from taking place, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to build a dam on the river
Citarum and to build a large boat to cross the river, both before the sunrise.
Sangkuriang meditated and summoned mythical ogre-like creatures -buta hejo or
green giant(s)- to do his bidding. Dayang Sumbi saw that the tasks were almost
completed and called on her workers to spread red silk cloths east of the city,
to give the impression of impending sunrise. Sangkuriang was fooled, and upon
believing that he had failed, kicked the dam and the unfinished boat, resulting
in severe flooding and the creation of Tangkuban Perahu from the hull of the
boat.
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