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Stratovolcano · Central Java

Mountain Merbabu

3,142 m10,308 ft
Prominence
2,431 m7,976 ft
Isolation
40 km
Tonight
6°CLight rain · Wind 20 km/h S

Mountain Merbabu is a 3,142 m (10,308 ft) stratovolcano in Central Java, Indonesia.

All facts
Elevation
3,142 m · 10,308 ft
Nearest higher peak
Mountain Sumbing (3,371 m)
Region
Central Java, Indonesia
Spanish name
Monte Merbabu
Coordinates
7.4543° S, 110.4399° E
Open the 3D view
3D map

Mountain Merbabu 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.8 × 13.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Mountain Merbabu terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mountain Merbabu elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Mountain Merbabu weather

Today · Heavy rain · 6 / 10°C (43 / 50°F) · 10.9 mm · Wind 20 km/h S

Mountain Merbabu forecast for the summit, about 3,142 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 777 m.

  • Today6°10°10.9 mm20 km/h SBase 20 / 24°
  • Sun6°11°19.1 mm10 km/h SWBase 20 / 25°
  • Mon6°11°10.8 mm10 km/h WBase 21 / 25°
  • Tue6°10°5.7 mm5 km/h NBase 20 / 24°
  • Wed6°8°22.7 mm5 km/h SWBase 20 / 23°
  • Thu7°13°2.6 mm7 km/h SEBase 21 / 27°
  • Fri7°10°6.8 mm6 km/h SEBase 21 / 24°
  • Sat7°12°4.8 mm8 km/h SEBase 21 / 26°
  • Sun7°14°2.2 mm5 km/h EBase 21 / 28°
  • Mon8°14°0.3 mm5 km/h EBase 22 / 29°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mountain Merbabu

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mountain Merbabu, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
CAMPCampsite0.3 km W
Campsite0.5 km W
Campsite0.7 km W
Parking MotorbikesParking6.6 km SSE
New SeloHut7.0 km SSE
Parking7.0 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 13.8 × 13.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
49.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
34.0%
Steep, 30–45°
14.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.6%
Steeper than 30°
16.0% of the 190 km² view
Relief in view
2,360 m low point 777 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 66.8%Grassland 18.0%Cropland 7.8%Built-up 7.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.9 km, measured from the Mountain Merbabu summit.

NESW1 km2 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Puncak Syarief3,137 m 0.6 km NNE
  2. 2Puncak Pemancar 2847mdpl2,847 m 1.4 km NNW
  3. 3Watu Gubuk2,723 m 1.7 km N
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.9 km; 251 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow18
  • Sundaic island-thrush17
  • Sooty-headed Bulbul15
  • Long-tailed Macaque15
  • Kuhl's Anglehead Lizard13
  • Impatiens platypetala11
Where it sits

Where Mountain Merbabu sits

Region
Central Java4Indonesia59Asia964
Ranked in 1
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Mountain Merbabu downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,137 m at the summit; the official height is 3,142 m.Official 3,142 m90 m model 3,123 mThis map 3,137 m

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,142 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,137 m-5 m
Copernicus GLO-903,123 m-19 m

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-16)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia