Descriptive text : Mount Ciremai

Mount Ceremai often mistakenly called " Ciremai " is a volcanic cone that is administratively included in the three districts , namely Cirebon , Kuningan and Majalengka, West Java Province. The geographical position of the peak is located at 6 ° 53 ' 30 "latitude and 108 ° 24 ' 00 " East, with an altitude of 3,078 m above sea level.

This mountain is the highest mountain in West Java. is mountain has a double crater. Western crater radius 400 m east of the crater that was interrupted by a radius of 600 m. At an altitude of about 2,900 m above sea level on the southern slopes of the eruption are former Gowa called Swallow.

Ciremai now belongs to the National Park area of ​​Mount Ciremai (TNGC), which has a total area of ​​approximately 15,000 hectares. The name is derived from the word mountain ciremai ( Phyllanthus acidus, a kind of small fruiting shrubs is rather sour ), but is often called Ciremai , a hiperkorek symptoms due to the many place names in the region Pasundan use the prefix 'ci -' for naming the place.