Volcanological Survey of Indonesia


Volcanological Survey of Indonesia is the official Indonesian government agency under Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources which are responsible for investigating, recording, and warning about volcanoes within the Indonesian region of responsibility and geological hazard mitigation.
The full official Indonesian name is the Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi, often abbreviated to PVMBG. It is based in Bandung in West Java.
It was preceded by the Netherlands East Indies Volcanological Survey.
It has also been known as the Direktorat Vulkanologi, the organisation published a range of publications during the era with that the name:
  • Peta geologi gunungapi
  • Peta daerah bahaya gunungapi
  • Peta kawasan rawan bencana gunungapi
Its main annual publication has been known as Berita Berkala Vulkanologi.
Direktorat Vulkanologi also has published historical records of references to eruptions in historical time:-
  • Data dasar gunungapi Indonesia