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Tangkuban Parahu is a stratovolcano with twin summit craters located in Lembang District, 26 km north of Bandung City.
The active volcano occupies the central part of the Sunda Caldera. The volcano is composed of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic rocks and the summit area consists of phreatic deposits.

During the Quaternary period (3 million years to 10,000 years ago) Sunda volcano formed in the west, and in the east Bukit Tunggul, Pulusari and Cangak. The age of this volcanic period was determined by dating the bones of large mammals such as
rhinoceros, hippopotamus, buffalo, antelope and deer preserved under lahar deposits.

Based on past eruptions since the 19th century, Tangkuban Parahu has never shown a large magmatic eruption, but small ash emissions without lava flows or glowing rockfalls. Phreatic eruptions are dominant and generally followed by the increasing of fumaroles and solfatara temperature at several active craters called Kawah Ratu, Kawah Baru and Kawah Domas.