Mount Kerinci (also spelled “Kerintji”, and is known as the Mountain Tower, Eruption Kurinci, Kerinchi, Korinci, or Indrapura Peak) is the highest mountain in Sumatra, and the highest peak in Indonesia outside Papua. Mount Kerinci is located in Bukit Barisan Mountains, near the west coast, and situated about 130 km south of Padang. The mountain is surrounded by dense forests of Kerinci Seblat National Park and is the habitat of Sumatran tigers and Sumatran rhinos.
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