Mount Lawu
Mount Lawu is a massive compound stratovolcano straddling the border between East Java and Central Java.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,265 metres
- Description: Compound stratovolcano in Java, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Goenoeng Lawoe”, “Lawoe Mountain”, and “Lawu Mountain”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gumeng and Berjo.
Gumeng
Village
Photo: Aryphrase, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gumeng is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of Mount Lawu.
Berjo
Village
Photo: AishaTanduk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Berjo is a village, which is situated 7 km west of Mount Lawu.
Mount Lawu
- Categories: stratovolcano, mountain, and landform
- Location: Karanganyar, Surakarta, Central Java, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Lawu from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Achinese to Swedish—“Mount Lawu” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Gunong Lawu”
- Balinese: “Gunung Lawu”
- Banjar: “Gunung Lawu”
- Batak Toba: “Gunung Lawu”
- Betawi: “Gunung Lawu”
- Cebuano: “Gunung Lawu”
- Chinese: “拉武火山”
- Czech: “Lawu”
- Dutch: “Lawu”
- French: “Lawu”
- German: “Lawu”
- Indonesian: “Gunung lawu”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Lawu”
- Indonesian: “Lawu”
- Japanese: “ラウ山”
- Javanese: “Gunung Lawu”
- Korean: “라우 산”
- Korean: “라우산”
- Ladin: “Gunung Lawu”
- Madurese: “Gunung Lawu”
- Malay: “Gunung Lawu”
- Minangkabau: “Gunuang Lawu”
- Polish: “Lawu”
- Portuguese: “Monte Lawu”
- Slovak: “Lawu”
- Spanish: “Monte Lawu”
- Sundanese: “Gunung Lawu”
- Swahili: “Gunung Lawu”
- Swedish: “Gunung Lawu”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Mount Lawu”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.