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Paper Number: 163
Danisworo C., Baliantoro
B.A.
Department of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mineral Technology,
Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Yogyakarta, Indonesia. conrad_danis@yahoo.com
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Yogyakarta geographically lies in the center of southern Java, a
region where a lot of rare and magnificent geological phenomena can be
found. In the north of Yogyakarta, there is mount Merapi with its
amazing “Nue ardante” and other mount Merapi’s can be seen. The remains
of the ancient Borobudur lake can be seen near by the rivers of Progo,
Elo and near mountain range Menoreh. In the south and east of
Yogyakarta, there is a long south beach with its sand dunes, sand knoll
and undersea volcano sediment and other “wonders” such as under water
stream, dolena, uvala and polje. Karst caves are also present, such as
Seropan cave, Sumuluh cave and Cerme cave, with very interesting
geological phenomena.
The oldest geological site in Java can be found at Bayat and at
Sangiran; in the east side of Solo Tertiary to Quaternary sediments with
fossils are evident. There are also hominid fossils at Sangiran and
Trinil.
Geothermal phenomena can be found on the Dieng plateau with their
beautiful environments such as Dieng Colourful lakes, Sileri and
Sikidang craters. There is a Geological Laboratory at Karang Sambung
with a lot of Geological information available.
Besides having a lot of geological phenomena attractions, Yogyakarta
and its surrounding is one of the famous and prominent tourist
destination in Indonesia and internationally, Yogyakarta is very well
known, particularly because of its nearness to Borobudur temple and some
world –renowned sites of interests. The travellers visiting Yogyakarta
are various. There are overseas tourists, domestic tourists such as
students, scholars and others.
Tourism is a good medium to introduce geology especially to students
and others. To augment places of interests, cultural attractions with
geological qualities is consciously needed so that it would become
another alternative for an interesting tourist destination where geology
can be introduced as an added attraction. For special interest tourists
and scholars, Yogyakarta and its surroundings is interesting and good
enough to be a site of geological study.
The idea to promote part of Gunung Kidul and part of Sleman district,
Yogyakarta Special Region as a “Geological Park” is recommendable due to
the varied places of interest, including its geological sites.
