Bukit Sekam

Information

Elevation

1.932 m

Country

Indonesia (ID)

Location / Range

Bukit Barisan, Jambi Province (possibly Merangin Regency) — possibly within Kerinci Seblat National Park

Mountain type

Montane forest peak (non-volcanic) in the Bukit Barisan range, Sumatra

Volcanic?

No (non-volcanic)

Coordinates

-2.6363, 101.9500

Difficulty

Not documented as a hiking trail — there are no records of routes, difficulty levels, or trip reports for this summit

Best Season

Not documented; in general the Kerinci Seblat area is drier around May–September

Permits & Rules

Not specifically documented; if it is indeed located within Kerinci Seblat National Park, activities in that area in principle require permission from the national park management

Hazards

Dense montane rainforest with no clear trail and remoteness; field data is very limited

Description

Bukit Sekam is a forested mountain peak of about 1,932 metres in Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia, part of the Bukit Barisan range. According to the PeakVisor database the peak lies in Jambi, with its nearest higher neighbour being Gunung Hulu Sako (about 2,017 m) roughly 4 km to the south-east and a prominence of around 152 m. Its coordinates (about 2°38′S, 101°57′E) fall just east-south of Kerinci Regency, so it most likely lies within Merangin Regency — but no source explicitly states its regency or protected-area status, so this is presented as an estimate rather than confirmed fact. Wikidata classifies it as an ordinary (non-volcanic) mountain. The recorded elevation differs slightly between sources (PeakVisor 1,932 m; Cebuano Wikipedia about 1,919 m) because both are digital-elevation-model derived. Bukit Sekam has virtually no climbing documentation: there is no record of a trail, climber report, permit or news coverage, and information is limited to geographic data from mapping databases and auto-generated encyclopaedias.