Mount Tujuh

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Mount Tujuh

Elevation 2,732 metres (8,963 feet)
Location Sumatra, Indonesia
Range Barisan Mountains
Coordinates 1°40′60″S, 101°25′60″E
Type Caldera
Mount Tujuh (Sumatra Topography)
Mount Tujuh

Mount Tujuh (Indonesian: Gunung Tujuh) is a caldera volcano in the Barisan Mountains of Sumatra. It has seven (tujuh) peaks, of which only three have been climbed.[1] Mount Tujuh has a large caldera lake at its centre, Lake Gunung Tujuh. It is located within Kerinci Seblat National Park.

The tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes aristolochioides is thought to be endemic to Mount Tujuh.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
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