Lake Ranau

Lake Ranau fills part of an ancient volcanic caldera in the southern Barisan Mountains of Sumatra. Its crescent-shaped waters lie beneath Mount Seminung, a younger volcano rising from the southeastern shore. The lake occupies a highland landscape close to the upper Komering basin. Lampung traditions recall the wider Ranau and Belalau country as the ancestral region of Sekala Brak, from which communities spread towards the plains and coasts of southern Sumatra.