Tangkuban Perahu (spelt
Tangkuban Parahu in the local
Sundanese
dialect) is a dormant volcano 30 km north of the city of
Bandung, the
provincial capital of
West Java,
Indonesia. It
last erupted in 1826, 1829, 1842, 1846, 1896, 1910, 1926, 1929, 1952, 1957,
1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1983. It is a popular tourist attraction where tourists
can hike or ride to the edge of the
crater
to view the hot water springs and boiling