Mount Batur

Mount Batur is an active volcano in the district of Kintamani, Bangli regency, Bali, Indonesia. Located in the northwest of Mount Agung, the mountain has a caldera measuring 13.8 x 10 km and is one of the largest and most beautiful in the world (van Bemmelen, 1949). Caldera ridge height ranges from 1267 m - 2152 m (peak G. Abang). Inside the caldera, I formed a circular caldera II with diameters of approximately 7 km. Basic caldera II is located between 120-300 m lower than the terrace of Kintamani (basic Caldera I). Inside the caldera there are crescent-shaped lake which occupies the southeastern part of about 7.5 km in length, maximum width 2.5 km, circumference about 22 km and breadth of about 16 km2, which is called Lake Batur. Mount Batur Caldera eruption is expected to form because of two huge, 29,300 and 20,150 years ago [1].

Mount Batur consists of three volcanic cone with each of the crater, I Batur, Batur Batur II and III.

Eruption
Lava from the eruption of Mount Batur (1926?) Almost hoard temple complex moment in the temple.

Mount Batur has erupted many times. Activities eruption G. Batur is recorded in history began in 1804 and the last eruption occurred in 2000. Since the year 1804 to 2005, Mount Batur has erupted about 26 times [2] and most devastating occurred on 2 August and ending 21 September 1926. The eruption of Mount Batur is a flow of hot lava pile Village Ulun Danu Batur and Batur.

New Batur village, was rebuilt at the edge of the caldera to the south of Kintamani. Ulun Danu rebuilt, it is still renowned as the most beautiful temple in Bali. This temple is dedicated to honoring "Goddess Danu" the goddess of water authorities, as well as the temple is located in Lake Bratan also dedicated to worship the "Goddess Danu".


Mount Batur region known as the object tourism Bangli regency. Perhaps the story in Lontar Susana Bali, Mount Batur is the peak of Mount Mahameru who moved Batara Pasupati Sthana Goddess Danuh (palace goddess Danu). At any given time, all the Hindus of various regions in Bali came to the Batur deliver to Suwinih to repel pests disaster that befell their fields. By delivering this suminih the Batur mountain region into a fertile area.

Areas that can be highlighted as a tourist attraction is the crater, caldera and the lake. There is water flow in soil that drains the water of Lake Batur, which came into spring in several places in Bali and is considered the "Holy Tirta"

Contained cultural tourism in the region of Mount Batur is Trunyan. Although the entire population are Hindus Trunyan like most people of Bali, they stated that the Hindu heritage Trunyan an original Hindu kingdom of Majapahit. In the north there Trunyan Kuban, a village where the tomb, but the bodies are not buried or burned, but placed under a tree after an elaborate funeral ceremonies. Funeral place is filled by the bones, and can so we found a body that is still new.