Ijen Crater

 

Ijen Crater

          Ijen crater is the biggest crater lake in java. The sulfur crater lake lies in sulfatara of deeply etched rock. It is 200 meters deep and contains about 36 million cubic meters of steaming acid water, shoureded in a smelling swirling sulfur cloud. Inside the crater the different color and size of sulphur stones are found. Indeed, the crater (Of Ijen is a beautiful garden of sulphur stone as well.

          The view of sulfur miners who climb and go down to the crater is also amazing. A man puts about I 10 kg of yellowish stone in to the basket, before he descends the mountain slope to sell his load, carrying the same basket, going in the same direction, digging the same mineral. The sulfur collected 6-7 ton a day. It is natural picture that can be seen everyday. It is located in Licin Sub District, 45 km from the city of Banyuwangi.