Mount Salak, Stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia.
Mount Salak is a stratovolcano in Bogor rising 2,211 meters above sea level with several smaller satellite cones along its southeastern slope. Two additional craters open at the summit and give the top a double shape visible from below.
Eruptions were recorded from the 1600s, with series in 1668–1699, 1780, 1902–1903 and 1935. The largest, in 1699, was a destructive magmatic eruption of unknown casualties. The last, in January 1938, was a phreatic eruption at Kawah Cikuluwung Putri, part of the Kawah Ratu crater system.
Popular belief links the name to salak, the scaly-skinned tropical fruit, but Sundanese tradition derives it from the Sanskrit salaka, "silver", so the mountain is also called Silver Mountain. The slopes lie in Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park, managed as an extension of the Halimun park since 2003.
The Curug Nangka route on the northern side leads to the summit and offers water sources until the Post III shelter for hikers. The ascent can become slippery during rain, so sturdy footwear and a check on the weather before starting are worthwhile.
The 2012 Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash killed all 45 people on board, one of seven aviation accidents around the mountain between 2002 and 2012; The Jakarta Post called Mount Salak an "airplane graveyard", citing turbulence and fast-changing weather.
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