# Mount Merbabu

- **Country:** Indonesia
- **Coordinates:** -7.455000, 110.440000
- **Age:** 700.000 Years
- **Type:** Dormant stratovolcano
- **Range:** Sunda Arc
- **Listing:** UltraRibu
- **Language:** Indonesian
- **Location:** Java, Indonesia
- **Elevation M:** 3145
- **Translation:** Mountain of ash
- **Prominence M:** 2432
- **Volcanic Arc:** Sunda Arc
- **Easiest Route:** Hike starting near Kopeng
- **Last Eruption:** 1797
- **Label Position:** bottom

Mount Merbabu is a dormant stratovolcano in Central Java province on the Indonesian island of Java. The name Merbabu could be loosely translated as 'Mountain of Ash' from the Javanese combined words; Meru means "mountain" and awu or abu means "ash".

![Photo of Mount Merbabu](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Gunung_Merbabu_2.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merbabu (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)