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Silosung Destination Guide

Explore Silosung in Indonesia

Silosung in the region of North Sumatra is a town in Indonesia - some 815 mi or ( 1312 km ) North-West of Jakarta , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Silosung

Current time in Silosung is now 11:54 AM (Monday) . 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: Ujung Runggu, Tomok Bolon, Sibaganding, Saribudolok, and Parapat. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Ujung Runggu . We saw 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 Silosung ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Lesoy! (cheers in Batak Toba) Rachandstu's photos around Samosir, Indonesia

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
Views: 3236 Rating: 5.00

Preview of Rachandstu's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these v ..

medan jump

1:02 min by aiman rashid
Views: 832 Rating: 5.00

we went for a trip to Gunung Sibayak. stop at lake toba and stayed there for a few days before heading to the city of medan. ..


La culture Batak Maya32's photos around Samosir, Indonesia

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
Views: 360 Rating: 0.00

Preview of Maya32's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Samosir, Indones ..

Kids catching money thrown on the lake

3:18 min by xiraQiu
Views: 146 Rating: 5.00

They said it's normal for the kids to ask tourist to throw money into the lake and they will jump to take it... They are doing it to help their family while parents are working at home or around the p ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Parapat

Parapat is a small town in North Sumatra province on the edge of Lake Toba, on the Uluan Peninsula where it forms the narrowest eastern link to Samosir Island. It is the primary transit point by ferry for visitors going to Samosir Island, and connected via Trans-Sumatran Highway to Pematang Siantar by a 48 km road. Dody Administratively it is part of Simalungun Regency.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.66 98.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Lake Toba, Populated places in North Sumatra, Tourism in Indonesia

Sibisa Airport

Sibisa Airport is an airport located in Ajibata, Toba Samosir, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The airport is located 10 kilometers from Parapat city, Lake Toba.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.67 98.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Airports in Indonesia

Samosir

For the Regency named Samosir, see Samosir Regency. Samosir, or Samosir Island, is a large volcanic island in Lake Toba, located in the north of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Administratively, Samosir Island is governed as six of the nine districts within Samosir Regency. The lake and island were formed after the eruption of a supervolcano some 75,000 years ago. The island was originally connected to the surrounding caldera wall by a small isthmus, which was cut through to aid navigation.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.58 98.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Batak, Islands of Sumatra, Lake Toba, Lake islands of Asia

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 15 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 15 km away
Tags: Extinction events, Geology theories, Human evolution, Lake Toba, Prehistoric Indonesia, Supervolcanoes, VEI-8 volcanoes, Volcanic events