Mount Kerinci
The highest mountain in Sumatra and an active volcano, rising to 3,805 metres. Its slopes are covered by the forest of Kerinci Seblat National Park, home to the Sumatran tiger, with tea plantations spread around its foot.
- Where
- Sungai Penuh, Jambi, Indonesia
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -1.6969, 101.2644
Get the Mount Kerinci stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Kerinci. 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 Jambi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mount Kerinci
Ombilin Coal Mine 126 km
The oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia, in a narrow valley of the Bukit Barisan mountains near Sawahlunto. Coal was found here in the mid-19th century and mining began in 1876; the mine and its colonial town are now a World Heritage Site.
Pagaruyung Palace 154 km
The palace of the former Pagaruyung Kingdom near Batusangkar, built as a Minangkabau rumah gadang with sweeping horn-shaped roofs. It is unusually large for its kind and rises three storeys; the present building is a reconstruction.
Jam Gadang 184 km
A clock tower in the centre of Bukittinggi, by the main market of Pasar Ateh, with a large clock on each of its four faces. Built under Dutch rule, it now wears a horned Minangkabau roof, and its name simply means big clock.
Mentawai Islands 187 km
A chain of about a hundred islands some 150 kilometres off the west coast of Sumatra, the largest being Siberut. Surfers come for its reef breaks, and the Mentawai people are known for their full-body tattoos and longhouses in the forest.
Lake Maninjau 194 km
A caldera lake 36 kilometres west of Bukittinggi, ringed by steep green walls. The road down to its shore twists through 44 numbered hairpin bends, the Kelok 44.
Muara Takus 236 km
A Buddhist temple complex in Kampar, Riau, thought to belong to the Srivijaya empire and dated to the 11th and 12th centuries. It is one of the largest and best preserved ancient temple sites in Sumatra.
Muaro Jambi Temples 265 km
A Buddhist temple complex built by the Melayu Kingdom, its remains dating from the 7th to the 13th century. The site covers about 12 square kilometres along the Batang Hari River, with eight excavated sanctuaries and some 80 unrestored mounds.
Tanjung Piai 413 km
The southernmost point of mainland Eurasia, a mangrove cape at the very bottom of the Malay Peninsula. Boardwalks lead through the protected wetland to the tip, where ships wait out in the strait.
Questions
Where is Mount Kerinci?
Mount Kerinci is in Sungai Penuh, Jambi, Indonesia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ombilin Coal Mine (126 km), Pagaruyung Palace (154 km), Jam Gadang (184 km).
How do I get the Mount Kerinci stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Kerinci and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Jambi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mount Kerinci before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Jambi volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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