Mount Tujuh

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Mount Tujuh
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Highest point
Elevation 2,732 m (8,963 ft)
Coordinates 1°40′29″S101°25′30″E / 1.67472°S 101.42500°E / -1.67472; 101.42500
Geography
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Mount Tujuh
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Mount Tujuh
Mount Tujuh (Indonesia)
Parent range Barisan Mountains
Geology
Mountain type Caldera

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.

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The mountain supports one of only three known wild populations of the tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes aristolochioides . [2]

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References

  1. Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia . Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  2. McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World . 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.