Mount Kerinci

Mount Kerinci (also spelled "Kerintji", and is known as the Mountain Tower, Volcano Kurinci, Kerinchi, Korinci, or Indrapura Peak) is the highest mountain in Sumatra, Indonesia's highest volcano and the highest peak in Indonesia outside of Papua. Mount Kerinci is located in Jambi province bordering the province of West Sumatra, the Bukit Barisan Mountains, near the west coast, and is located about 130 km south of Padang. The mountain is surrounded by dense forest and Kerinci Seblat National Park is the habitat of the Sumatran tiger and Sumatran rhinoceros.


The peak of Mount Kerinci is located at an altitude of 3,805 meters above sea level, here visitors can see the beautiful scenery in the distance spanned Jambi, Padang and Bengkulu. Even the vast Indian Ocean can be seen clearly. Mount Kerinci has a crater measuring 400 x 120 meters and contains green-colored water. In the east there is a lake of Bento, the highest clear watery swamps in Sumatra. On the back there is a mountain with a crater seven very beautiful almost untouched.

Mount Kerinci is a type of volcano is still active stratovolcano that last erupted in 2009.