Buttu Karondang

Information

Elevation

428 m

Country

Indonesia (ID)

Location / Range

Kabupaten Mamuju, Sulawesi Barat

Mountain type

Gunung

Volcanic?

No (non-volcanic)

Coordinates

-2.4600, 119.2385

Description

Buttu Karondang is a mountain in Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi province, Indonesia, with its summit near 2.460°S, 119.239°E in the west-central part of Sulawesi Island. Its elevation is estimated at about 428 m above sea level from the Open-Meteo digital-terrain model; the NGA GEOnet Names Server classifies it as a mountain (feature code 'MT') without an official elevation figure, and OpenStreetMap records it as a natural peak (source NGA-GNS). The name element 'buttu' means 'mountain' in the Mandar language and related tongues of West Sulawesi, and commonly begins mountain toponyms across the Mamuju–Majene region; the specific meaning of the epithet 'Karondang' is not documented in open sources. The region's indigenous people are the Mandar, speakers of an Austronesian language of the South Sulawesi group. No open documentation of climbing routes or local lore for this mountain is available. This profile presents the cross-source verified location and estimated elevation plus regional and language context, and will be updated as fuller sources appear.