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Site description (1999 baseline)
Located on the eastern part of Java around 15 km west of Banyuwangi, the eastern part of Plateau Ijen dominated by a group of mountains consist of Gunung Merapi, Ijen Crater and small mountains such as Gunung Widadanen, Gunung Papak and Gunung Pawenen. Ijen Crater linked Maelang-Ijen-Raung that formed the biggest mountains area in East Java.

Key biodiversity

Non-bird biodiversity: Cuon alpinus, Panthera pardus, Sus verrucosus and Trachypithecus auratus (Nijman 1997).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gunung Ijen (Indonesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gunung-ijen-iba-indonesia on 22/12/2024.