Mount Batur

In the middle of Batur from the south, right of Crater Lake

Left of Gunung Agung, the right calderas of Batur

The Batur is an active stratovolcano in the center of two concentric calderas in Bangli district on the Indonesian island of Bali.

The larger, 10 times 13.5 km measured caldera was created approximately 29,300 years ago. The 6.4 times 9.4 km wide inner caldera is dated to an age of about 20,150 years. The two flares, which resulted in the formation of the caldera, ignimbrites were deposited. Below was the layer Batur volcano in the inner caldera. Large parts of the outer Calder Arandes are lower than the 1717 m high Batur; only in the south east is dominated by the 2159 meter high Gunung Abang the area. In the southeast of the larger crater lake Danau Batur caldera is the. Almost 20 kilometers southeast of Batur is the Agung, a volcano erupted last in 1964.

From a historical time numerous outbreaks of Batur are known: Thus came 1905, a lava flow from a crater on the western slopes of the Batur in built-up areas to a standstill. After a series of smaller eruptions since 1921 of Batur opened in August 1926 south a column that leaked out of the lava and showered large parts of the village of Batur. In September 1963, the summit lava was funded from several vents west that flowed to the south and west. The last eruption of Batur between March 1999 and June 2000 there were ash eruptions and smaller explosions in the summit area.

Between November 2009 and November 2010, the alert level for the Batur from "Normal " was to " Vigilant " increased after the number of earthquakes had increased significantly.

The caldera is inhabited by about 16,000 people who live among others in the villages Kedisan and Toya Bungkah. On the western edge of the caldera lies the village of Kintamani road, five miles south branches in Penelokan a winding road in the caldera from. On the eastern shore of the lake, the Bali Aga village Trunyan is a cemetery where the dead are buried under bamboo racks on the planet. In addition to traditional agriculture, which is run mainly on the fertile slopes of the outer caldera, tourism is an important source of income for the residents.