Sunday, November 2, 2014

MOUNT PENANGGUNGAN

ENGLISH/INDONESIAN

Penanggungan Mountain is located in the region of two districts namely Mojokerto and Pasuruan district, East Java province. Penanggungan Mountain is located only about 35 km south of the city of Surabaya.

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Penanggungan Mountain has an elevation of about 1653 m above sea level. The Penanggungan is a series of mountain peaks surrounded by mountains Penanggungan hills surrounding hills namely, bekel Hill (1238 m), Gajah Mungkur (1084 m), Sarah Klopo (1235 m), and Kemuncup (1238 m) .. Besides Mount Penanggungan located one cluster with Arjuno mountain and Mount Welirang.


Mount Penanggungan has many relics of ancient sites such as the temple, hermitage, or petirtaan (baths). archaeological remains found in mountains about 81 The Penanggungan pieces scattered on the slopes of Penanggungan. Archaeological remains in the mountain Penanggungan generally shaped punden the shrine at the very back, besides there are also several caves or niches that are used as the Hermitage and other artifacts related to the sacred building. In 1990/1991 Inventory conducted by DITLINBINJARAH who managed to record 51 pieces ..




Ascent Path
Mountaintop The Penanggungan can be achieved from the four points of the ascent is via Trawas Jolotundo, Ngoro and via Pandaan.
Path Village  Jolotundo and Ngoro, will pass through the temple - the temple of archaeological heritage. Path Village  Trawas and Pandaan hardly find ancient relics.

1. Line Trawas
from the direction of Surabaya or Malang, ride the bus and get off at the terminal Pandaan. Trawas majors continue to ride public transportation. of Trawas can ride motorcycles to Rondokuning village. Rondokuning ascent starts from the forest through the trail. distance Rondokuning - The Penanggungan peak about 3-4 hours walking
2. Line Jolotundo
From Trawas we can ride the minibus to the village Jolotundo Jolotundo pathway is the most frequently used, because if we pass this point we will find many archaeological sites in the form of staircase, ruins, temples, etc. distance between Jolotundo - The Penanggungan peak about 3-4 hours
3. Line Ngoro
from the direction of Surabaya Malang or ride the bus and get off at the junction Japanan, after the minibus Ngoro destination. From the village we headed to the village Ngoro Jedong (6 km) to the rural transport vehicle and continue traveling towards Genting village about 3 Km. ascent path taken is passing through the protected forest. terrain is quite flat, incline heavy enough to be encountered after passing the temple Wayan. 2 Km to the top will pass through the terrain with a slope of about 70-80 degrees. Ngoro path harder than Jolotundo and Trawas



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