Mount Kamojang

Kamojang
Work at Kawah Kamojang in 1935
Highest point
Elevation1,730 m (5,680 ft)
Coordinates7°07′30″S 107°48′00″E / 7.12500°S 107.80000°E / -7.12500; 107.80000
Geography
Kawah Kamojang
Kawah Kamojang
Kawah Kamojang (Indonesia)
Geology
Mountain typestratovolcano
Volcanic arcSunda Arc
Last eruptionPleistocene

Mount Kamojang, popularly known as Kawah Kamojang (Kamojang crater), is a volcano containing a geothermal field and tourist spot in West Java, Indonesia. The crater is located in district (kecamatan) Ibun in the Bandung Regency, approximately 45 km to the southeast of Bandung through the towns of Majalaya and Ibun. The crater can also be reached from the opposite direction through the town of Garut, in Garut Regency (the distance by road from Garut to the northwest through the township of Samarang is around 25 km).

The volcano that the crater is located around Mount Guntur but the crater itself is listed as an independent active volcano of Indonesia because of its geothermal activities.