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Purbatongah Destination Guide

Explore Purbatongah in Indonesia

Purbatongah in the region of North Sumatra is a town in Indonesia - some 843 mi or ( 1357 km ) North-West of Jakarta , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Purbatongah

Current time in Purbatongah is now 09:48 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Jakarta " with a UTC offset of 7 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Sondi, Sidaji, Saribudolok, Parapat, and Pematangraya. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Sondi . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Purbatongah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Tongging lakeside, lake toba

1:07 min by pranvideo77
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Tongging, northern lake toba, 24 km from the city of Kabanjahe. www.medanweb.com ..

sipisopiso waterfall at lake Toba

1:41 min by ljm291152
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Sipisopiso waterfall and lake Toba. In het Tobameer ligt een schiereiland dat ongeveer 30.000 jaar geleden is ontstaan als gevolg van een vulkaanuitbarsting. Dit eiland, Samosir genaamd, meet ongeveer ..


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1:23 min by M. Umar Saleh Tjokroaminoto
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Indahnya TELE dipagi hari ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Sipisopiso

The Sipisopiso is a plunge waterfall in the Batak highlands of Sumatra. It is formed by a small underground river of the Karo plateau that hurls itself from a cave in the side of the lake Toba caldera some 120 meters (360 feet) down to lake level. This fact earns it the title for the highest waterfall in Indonesia. Sipisopiso is a well-known tourist attraction and a nearby vantage point offers great vistas of the fall and the lake.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.92 98.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Sumatra, Waterfalls of Indonesia

Lake Toba

Lake Toba is a lake and supervolcano. The lake is 100 kilometres long, 30 kilometres wide, and up to 505 metres (1,666 ft) deep. Located in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a surface elevation of about 900 metres, the lake stretches from {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:2.88|N|98.52|E||||| | |name= }} to {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:2.35|N|99.1|E||||| | |name= }}.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.68 98.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 29 km away
Tags: Batak, Crater lakes, Lake Toba, Lakes of Indonesia, Subduction volcanoes, Supervolcanoes, VEI-8 volcanoes, Volcanic calderas of Indonesia, Volcanoes of Sumatra

Toba catastrophe theory

The Toba supereruption (Youngest Toba Tuff or simply YTT) was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred sometime between 69,000 and 77,000 years ago at Lake Toba. It is recognized as one of the Earth's largest known eruptions. The related catastrophe hypothesis holds that this event caused a global volcanic winter of 6–10 years and possibly a 1,000-year-long cooling episode. The Toba event is the most closely studied supereruption.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.68 98.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 29 km away
Tags: Extinction events, Geology theories, Human evolution, Lake Toba, Prehistoric Indonesia, Supervolcanoes, VEI-8 volcanoes, Volcanic events

Kabanjahe

Kabanjahe is a town approximately 2 hours from Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Kabanjahe is to the south of Berastagi. Kabanjahe is the capital of Karo Regency. Frequent buses connect the two towns and a journey takes about 90 minutes. Most of the local people are Karo who speak the Batak Karo language. A favorite food among locals is roast pork or Babi Panggang Karo. Kabanjahe is the seat of government of Karo Regency.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 3.10 98.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 33 km away
Tags: Regency capitals of Indonesia, Towns in Karo Regency

Karo Regency

Karo Regency is a regency of North Sumatra, Indonesia. It is situated in the Bukit Barisan mountains. In 2000, the regency covered an area of 2,127.25 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census it had a population of 279,470. 60.99% of the regency is forested. Its regency seat is Kabanjahe. The Batak Karo language is spoken in the regency, as well as Indonesian language.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 3.10 98.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 33 km away
Tags: Batak Karo, Regencies of North Sumatra