Kawah Putih, Java

Kahwah-Patua ('White crater'), by J Tempeltey. Lithograph of a Kawah Putih, a crater lake, on the island of Java, Indonesia. The lake has formed in one of the two craters of Mount Patuha, a volcano in West Java. It is highly acidic and changes colour depending on the concentration of sulphur. Junghuhn may have been the first person to document this lake in the western world. Lithograph

Picture No

14154153

Media ID

45859071

Size

5934px x 3848px (3.4MB)

Credit

Source

Geological Society of London. Junghuhn's Landschaften-Atlas zu Java', which accompanied his four volume Java: deszelfs gedaante, bekleeding en inwendige struktuur (Java: its shape, vegetation cover and inner construction)', (Amsterdam: PN Van Kampen, 1850-1854). - Image reference: 02-25a

Date

1850-1854