Unter Sowat

Information

Elevation

82 m

Country

Indonesia (ID)

Location / Range

Bukit rendah di dataran Kabupaten Sumbawa, Pulau Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat (puncak lebih tinggi terdekat: Olat Seli, 701 m, sekitar 12,2 km ke barat daya)

Mountain type

Bukit rendah non-vulkanik di dataran Kabupaten Sumbawa, dekat Sumbawa Besar

Volcanic?

No (non-volcanic)

Coordinates

-8.5403, 117.5001

Difficulty

Tidak terdokumentasi sebagai jalur pendakian; hanya bukit rendah di kawasan pertanian, tanpa jalur tertandai maupun catatan pendakian

Best Season

Musim kemarau (sekitar April–Oktober) untuk medan lebih kering

Hazards

Data lapangan sangat terbatas; bukit rendah di kawasan pertanian tanpa penanda jalur; risiko utama panas dan minim naungan, bukan medan teknis

Description

Unter Sowat is a low hill on the plains of Sumbawa Regency, Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province (Nusa Tenggara Barat), Indonesia, not far from the regency capital of Sumbawa Besar (about 10.2 km to the northwest). The NGA-GNS database classifies it as a hill (HLL), not a mountain. Its summit lies at roughly 68–82 m above sea level: the GeoNames database (from the NGA-GNS model) records about 82 m, some 61 m above the surrounding terrain with a base about 0.87 km wide, while the Copernicus digital-elevation model (via Open-Meteo) reads about 68 m at its coordinates. The surrounding land is flat to the southwest and hilly to the northeast, mostly farmland, with a relatively high population density for the region (~108 people/km²) reflecting its proximity to town. The nearest higher named summit is Olat Seli (701 m) about 12.2 km to the southwest; the word "olat" itself means hill or mountain in the Sumbawa language. Unter Sowat is verified as a named peak in the NGA-GNS database, OpenStreetMap, and Wikidata (Q25325015), but there is no dedicated Indonesian/English encyclopedia article about it, no verified climbing or expedition record, and no free-licensed photograph. All measured figures trace back to the NGA-GNS/GeoNames geospatial database and so are not independent field corroboration; the elevation values are model estimates, not survey measurements.