Kamojang
| Kamojang | |
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 Work at Kawah Kamojang in 1935 |
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| Elevation | 1,730 m (5,676 ft) [1] |
| Location | |
 Kawah Kamojang
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| Coordinates | 7°07′30″S 107°48′00″E / 7.125°S 107.8°ECoordinates: 7°07′30″S 107°48′00″E / 7.125°S 107.8°E |
| Geology | |
| Type | stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | Pleistocene |
Kamojang, popularly known as Kawah Kamojang or (the Kamojang crater), is a geothermal field and tourist spot in West Java, Indonesia. The crater is located in sub-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 on is Mount Guntur but the crater itself is listed as an active volcano of Indonesia because of its geothermal activities.[1]
[edit] Geothermal activities
There is a long history of interest in the possibility of developing the geothermal potential of the Komojang region. The first geothermal wells in Indonesia were drilled at Kamojang in 1926 by the Dutch colonial government. The current geothermal field is on the slopes of Mt Guntur, about 7 km to the west of the peak of the mountain. There are three geothermal generating units with a total installed capacity of 140 MW.
Komojang is the site of the first modern geothermal site in Indonesia, commissioned by former president Soeharto in January 1983. The three current units are owned and operated by PT Indonesia Power, a subsidiary of the Indonesian state-owned electricity generating corporation, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). The concession to the field is held by PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy, a subsidiary of another of Indonesia's major state-owned companies, PT Pertamina.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Kawah Kamojang". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=060312=A. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
- ^ 'Pertamina, PLN to jointly develop power plants', The Jakarta Post, 11 August 2000.
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