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Gunung Gede (2 958 m / 9 705 ft)

Mount Gede has unique and unique natural conditions, this has made Mount Gede one of the natural laboratories that has attracted researchers' interest for a long time. Recorded in 1819, C.G.C. Reinwardt as the first person to climb Mount Gede, then followed by F.W. Junghuhn (1839-1861), J.E. Teijsmann (1839), A.R. Wallace (1861), S.H. Koorders (1890), M. Treub (1891), W.M. Docters van Leeuwen (1911); and C.G.G.J. van Steenis (1920-1952) has made a collection of plants as the basis for compiling the book The Mountain Flora of Java, published in 1972. Mount Gede also has a diversity of ecosystems consisting of submontane, montane, subalpin forest formations; and lake, swamp and savanna ecosystems. Mount Gede is known to be rich in various types of birds, as many as 251 of the 450 species found on the island of Java. Some of them are rare birds, namely the Javanese eagle (Spizaetus bartelsi) and the Javanese celepuk (Otus angelinae). Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park was designated by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve in 1977, and as a Sister Park with a State Park