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Mount Marapi: Mount Merapi, Complex volcano
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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Marapi (also
known as Merapi or Berapi) is a complex volcano in West Sumatra,
Indonesia. Its name means Mountain of Fire, and it is the most active
volcano in Sumatra. Its elevation is 2,891.3 metres (9,485.9 ft). A
number of cities and towns are situated around the mountain, including
Bukittinggi, Padang Panjang and Batusangkar.According to legend, the
mountain is the site first settled by the Minangkabau people after their
ship landed on the mountain when it was the size of an egg and
surrounded by water. There are large numbers of upright burial stones in
the region which are oriented in the direction of the mountain,
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