DIENG HIGHLAND

Dieng Plateau is an active volcanic area in Central Java, which is included in the Banjarnegara and Wonosobo Regencies. It is located west of the Mount Sindoro and Mount Sumbing complexes.

Dieng has an average height of around 2,000 m above sea level. Temperatures range from 12–20 ° C in the daytime and 6–10 ° C at night. In the dry season (July and August), temperatures can reach 0 ° C in the morning and cause frost which locals call bun upas (“poison dew”) because it causes damage to agricultural crops.

Administratively, Dieng is an area of ​​Dieng Kulon Village, Batur Subdistrict, Banjarnegara and Dieng Regencies (“Dieng Wetan”), Kejajar District, Wonosobo Regency. This region is one of the most remote areas in Central Java.

Dieng Plateau (DTD) is a plain with volcanic activity below its surface, such as Yellowstone or the Tengger Plateau. Indeed it is a caldera with mountains around it as edges. There are many craters where gas, water vapor and various other volcanic materials are released. This situation is very dangerous for the inhabitants who inhabit the area, as evidenced by the disaster of the Sinila Crater gas eruption in 1979. Not only is toxic gas, but it can also be possible to cause earthquakes, mud eruptions, landslides, and floods.

In addition to the crater, there are also volcanic lakes that contain water mixed with sulfur so it has a distinctive greenish yellow color.

Biologically, volcanic activity in Dieng is interesting because it is found in hot springs near the crater of several thermophilic (“hot-like”) species of bacteria that can be used to reveal early life on earth.

Craters
The active crater in Dieng is a crater for volcanic activity beneath the highlands. Activity monitoring is carried out by PVMBG through the Dieng Observation Post in Karangtengah District. The following are active craters that are monitored:

Candradimuka
Sibanteng
Siglagah
Sikendang, potentially toxic gas
Sikidang
Sileri
Sinila, potentially toxic gas
Weigh, potentially toxic gas

The peaks
Sumbing Mountain (3,387 m)
Mount Sindoro (3,150 m)
Mount Prahu (2,565 m)
Mount Pakuwaja (2,595 m)
Mount Sikunir (2,463 m), tourist attraction, near Sembungan
Volcanic lake

Lake Dringo in 1937
Telaga Warna, a tourist attraction with a place of worship nearby
Lake Cebong, near the Sembungan tourism village
Merdada Lake
Pengilon Lake
Dringo Lake
Lake Tilapia

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