Mount Merapi
The most active volcano in Indonesia, rising on the border of Central Java and Yogyakarta about 28 kilometres north of the city. It has erupted regularly since 1548, and villages sit on its flanks as high as 1,700 metres.
- Where
- Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -7.5414, 110.4461
Get the Mount Merapi stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Merapi. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Yogyakarta volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mount Merapi
Plaosan Temple 23 km
A Buddhist temple complex about a kilometre north-east of Prambanan, in Bugisan village, Klaten. Its twin main shrines are surrounded by rows of small stupas and lesser shrines, and the stone carving is unusually fine.
Sewu Temple 23 km
An 8th-century Buddhist complex 800 metres north of Prambanan, older than Borobudur and the second largest of its kind in Indonesia. Its name means 'a thousand temples', from local folklore, though the complex has 249.
Prambanan 24 km
A 9th-century Hindu temple compound dedicated to the Trimurti: Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer. Its tall, pointed central shrine to Shiva rises 47 metres, and its walls are carved with the story of the Ramayana.
Mendut Temple 25 km
A 9th-century Buddhist temple about 3 kilometres east of Borobudur, standing in a straight line with Pawon and Borobudur itself. Inside sit three large stone figures: a seated Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas.
Ratu Boko 26 km
The remains of a hilltop compound on a plateau about 3 kilometres south of Prambanan, with a great stone gateway, terraces and bathing pools. Its original name is unknown, and locals named it after the legendary King Boko of the Roro Jonggrang tale.
Borobudur 28 km
The largest Buddhist temple in the world, a 9th-century Mahayana monument near Magelang built as a stepped mountain of stone. Pilgrims walk clockwise up through galleries of carved relief panels to a summit ringed by stupas, each holding a seated Buddha.
Malioboro Street 29 km
Yogyakarta's main shopping street, running north to south on the line between the Kraton and Mount Merapi. Its pavements fill with batik stalls, street food and becak riders, and the name covers the whole neighbourhood around it.
Kraton Yogyakarta 31 km
The palace complex of the reigning Sultan of Yogyakarta, at the heart of the city and of Javanese culture. Its pavilions include a museum of royal heirlooms, and the compound is watched over by its own palace guards.
Questions
Where is Mount Merapi?
Mount Merapi is in Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Plaosan Temple (23 km), Sewu Temple (23 km), Prambanan (24 km).
How do I get the Mount Merapi stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Merapi and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Yogyakarta volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mount Merapi before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Yogyakarta volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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