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Gunung Besar

Elevation
1,899 m
#9,515
in the world
#84
in Indonesia

Gunung Besar is a mountain in Indonesia, rising to 1,899 m, the 84th highest we list in Indonesia, part of the Barisan Mountains.

Range
#17 in the range
Nearest town
58 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Gunung Besar

Gunung Besar lies in Indonesia, in South Sumatra.

Key facts

Elevation
1,899 m (6,230 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
South Sumatra
Coordinates
-4.437, 103.671

How it ranks

Among peaks in Indonesia
#84of 118
LargestSmallest
In the Barisan Mountains
#17of 21
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#9,515of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Gunung Patah2,817 m45 km
Gunung Dempo3,173 m77 km
Gunung Sekincau1,718 m103 km
Gunung Tanggamus2,102 m157 km
Bukit Daun2,467 m186 km
Gunung Ratai1,681 m198 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Gunung Besar.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
TanjungagungIndonesia53,11758 km
BaturajaIndonesia134,75965 km
Pagar AlamIndonesia70,38666 km
LahatIndonesia65,90674 km
PrabumulihIndonesia103,470128 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.