Kawah means crater, and Ijen means solitaire , this crater is only 1 crater and not composed by other smaller crater. Ijen volcano complex is a group of stratovolcanoes, in East Java, Indonesia. It is inside a larger caldera Ijen, which is about 20 kilometers wide. The Gunung Merapi stratovolcano (not to be confused with Central Java’s Gunung Merapi) is the highest point of that complex.
West of Gunung Merapi is the Ijen volcano, which has a one-kilometer-wide turquoise-colored acid crater lake. The lake is the site of a labor-intensive sulfur mining operation, in which sulfur-laden baskets are carried by hand from the crater floor. Many other post-caldera cones and craters are located within the caldera or along its rim. The largest concentration of post-caldera cones forms an E-W-trending zone across the southern side of the caldera. The active crater at Kawah Ijen has an equivalent radius of 361 meters, a surface of 41 × 106 square meters. It is 200 meters deep and has a volume of 36 × 106 cubic meters.
An active vent at the edge of the lake is a source of elemental sulfur, and supports a mining operation. Escaping volcanic gasses are channeled through a network of ceramic pipes, resulting in condensation of molten sulfur. The sulfur, which is deep red in color when molten, pours slowly from the ends of these pipes and pools on the ground, turning bright yellow as it cools. The cooled material is broken into large pieces and carried out in baskets by the miners. Typical loads range from 70–100 kilograms, and must be carried to the crater rim approximately 200 meters above before being carried several kilometers down the mountain. Most miners make this journey twice a day. The miners are paid by a nearby sugar refinery by the weight of sulfur transported; as of July 2005 the typical daily earnings were equivalent to approximately $5.00 US. The miners often use insufficient protection while working around the volcano and are susceptible to numerous respiratory complaints. (wikipedia)
The IJEN TOUR – The Tour Operator and Travel Service
IJEN TOUR is the 24 h x 7 days on-line Indonesian Tour Operator and Travel Services, established in 1998 and located Banyuwangi Surabaya and Bali with operational coverage area is all Indonesia offers expecialy Bromo Tour and Ijen Tour Crater package. The IJEN TOUR and Travel in Indonesia has experiences in providing local handling services for the international tour operators, offers you the excellent tour and travel services to help you travel and tour to visit Mount Bromo, visit Ijen Crater in East Java Indonesia
The IJEN TOUR provides better tour service in :
1. Organizing the excellent the tour packages tour to visit Mount Bromo and Ijen Crater, main tour destinations in East Java, from Yogyakarta , Surabaya and Bali such as Yogyakarta Bromo Ijen Tour, Surabaya Bromo Ijen Tour or Bali Ijen Crater Bromo Surabaya or Bali Ijen Bromo Yogyakarta. The Ijen Tour also provides the Java Overland tour, an trans Java Island tour to visit the tourist destination in Java such as Yogyakarta Borobudur, Prambanan, Mount Bromo and Ijen Crater that could organized from Jakarta the main gate of Indonesia and finish at Bali.
2. Hotel Room reservation for Bromo and Ijen Tour in.
3. Transport Service from Bali or from Surabaya or Yogyakarta to reach Ijen Crater.
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