castle
Istano Basa Pagaruyung
A reconstructed Minangkabau royal palace with sweeping buffalo-horn roofs and carved timber walls, rebuilt after a 2007 lightning fire. Three storeys of interiors are open to visitors.
28 km · about 30 min drive
West Sumatra, Indonesia · Asia
Tanjungampalu is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Kototujuh, 28km from Istano Basa Pagaruyung.
Tanjungampalu is a town located in West Sumatra, Indonesia. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Tanjungampalu sits in Indonesia, where you drive on the left. It's in the Asia/Jakarta time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Tanjungampalu to your route.
The Sankarewang Formation is an ?Early or Middle Eocene-aged geological formation in Sumatra, Indonesia near Padang. It is among the very few Paleogene fossil deposits from Southeast Asia that preserves a freshwater ecosystem, and contains many of the earliest records of freshwater fish taxa that now predominate theRead more
region. Many of the fishes from this formation are well-preserved as articulated skeletons. The fossils of the formation have been known since the 1870s, although they only received significant attention during the 1930s and again starting from the mid-2010s.
The age for this formation has long been disputed, with suggested ages ranging from the Cretaceous to the Miocene. Although the exact age still remains uncertain, most recent studies have settled on a tentative Paleogene age, with estimates ranging from the Paleocene to the Oligocene. More recently, palynological data suggests that the overlying Sawahlunto Formation is of middle-late Eocene in age, which would most likely place the Sangkarewang Formation in the early-mid Eocene.
It was deposited within the Ombilin Basin, a small Paleogene-aged rift basin that formed from deformation along the Great Sumatran fault. The Sangkarewang Formation was deposited within a freshwater rift lake that formed in this basin early on, with anoxic bottom waters allowing for the fossilization of the fish skeletons. The Sawahlunto Formation, long exploited for its coal seams, was later deposited in the lake on top of the Sangkarewang Formation. During the Oligocene, this gave way to a river delta (the Sawahtambang Formation), and was later flooded by the sea by the Miocene (the Ombilin Formation), before a tectonic uplift raised it above the sea. The formation has been explored for its oil shales.
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Tanjungampalu is located in West Sumatra, Indonesia, Asia. The coordinates are -0.6221 latitude, 100.8251 longitude.
Tanjungampalu has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Indonesia.
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A reconstructed Minangkabau royal palace with sweeping buffalo-horn roofs and carved timber walls, rebuilt after a 2007 lightning fire. Three storeys of interiors are open to visitors.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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