Mount Patuha

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Mount Patuha
Elevation 2,434 metres (7,985 ft)[1]
Location Java, Indonesia
Coordinates 7.160° S 107.40° E
Type Stratovolcano

Mount Patuha is a twin stratovolcano in the southwest of Bandung on the island of Java, Indonesia. The summit contains two volcanic craters 600 m apart. The northwest crater is dry, but the southeast one has a greenish-white crater lake, named as Kawah Putih (or white crater). There is a sulfur mine in the Kawah Putih. No historical eruptions are known for Mount Patuha.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Patuha. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.