Golo Puntu

Information

Elevation

1.094 m

Country

Indonesia (ID)

Location / Range

Dataran tinggi Manggarai, Pulau Flores tengah (dekat Watu Runget ~1.569 m)

Mountain type

Puncak perbukitan di dataran tinggi Manggarai, sekitar 18 km sebelah barat Ruteng, Nusa Tenggara Timur (toponim resmi NGA-GNS); tidak ada indikasi aktivitas vulkanik

Volcanic?

No (non-volcanic)

Coordinates

-8.6313, 120.3103

Description

Golo Puntu is a hill summit in the highlands of Manggarai Regency, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, about 18 km west of the town of Ruteng. In the Manggarai language "golo" means hill or mountain — a very common naming prefix for peaks across the Manggarai region (compare Golo Mori, Golo Depet); the meaning of "Puntu" itself could not be verified and is not asserted here. The feature is documented only through the NGA-GNS geographic database and its derivatives: Wikidata (Q25290243), GeoNames (ID 7058206), a single bot-generated Cebuano Wikipedia stub, and OpenStreetMap node 1070155205 (tagged natural=peak). Its elevation is about 1,094 m with a prominence of roughly 165 m above the surrounding terrain — an estimate from digital elevation models (SRTM/DEM) rather than a field survey; a higher peak, Watu Runget (~1,569 m), lies about 5 km to the north. The surrounding area is mountainous to the east and hilly to the west, with an agricultural landscape and the relatively high population density typical of the Manggarai highlands; the climate is cool (averaging 18–22 °C) with a sharp dry season around September. No official hiking trail, tourism coverage, news record, or climbing account could be found for this specific peak, and no free-licensed photograph of the summit itself is available.