Mount Bromo
Mt Bromo
Elevation	2,329 metres (7,641 feet)
Location	Java, Indonesia
Coordinates	7°56′24″S 112°57′00″E / 7.94°S 112.95°E / -7.94; 112.95
Type	Stratovolcano (active)
Last eruption	2007
Listing	Spesial Ribu

Mount Bromo (Indonesian: Gunung Bromo), is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. At 2,329 meters it is not the highest peak of the massif, but is the most well known. The massif area is one of the most visited tourist attractions in East Java, Indonesia.

View into the Mount Bromo crater

Mount Bromo sits in the middle of a vast plain called the Sand Sea (Indonesian: Lautan Pasir), a protected nature reserve since 1919. The typical way to visit Mount Bromo is from the nearby mountain village of Cemoro Lawang. From there it is possible to walk to the volcano in about 45 minutes, but it is also possible to take an organised jeep tour, which includes a stop at the viewpoint on Mount Penanjakan (2,270 meters) (Indonesian: Gunung Penanjakan). The best views from Mount Bromo to the Sand Sea below and the surrounding volcanoes are at sunrise. The viewpoint on Mount Penanjakan can also be reached on foot in about two hours. From inside the caldera, Sulfur is collected by workers.

[edit] Legend

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According to a folklore, at the end of the 15th century princess Roro Anteng from the Majapahit Empire started a separate principality together with her husband Joko Seger. They named it Tengger after the last syllables of their names. The principality prospered, but the ruling couple did not have children. In their despair, they climbed Mount Bromo to pray to the gods, who granted them help, but requested the last child to be sacrificed to the gods. They had 24 children, and when the 25th and last child Kesuma was born Roro Anteng refused to do the sacrifice as promised. The gods then threatened with fire and brimstone, until she finally sacrificed the child. After the child was thrown into the crater, the voice of the child ordered the local people to perform an annual ceremony on the volcano, which is still held today.

[edit] See also

• Volcanoes of Java
• List of volcanoes in Indonesia

[edit] References

• "Tengger Caldera". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0603-31=. Retrieved 2009-01-14. 
• Drinking in the sublime views from Mount Bromo (by Ben Beiske)

[edit] External links

• Bromo-Tengger-Semeru_National_Park travel guide from Wikitravel
• Mount Bromo and Tengger-Semeru National-Park Photo Galleries

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