THE DUTCH EXPEDITION 
TO THE 
ISLAND OF LOMBOK, 1894. 
BY 
MAJOR W. L. WHITE, R.A. 
Tuer Istanp or LomsBox. 
Tue Island of Lombok (also called Tanan Sassak and SELAPARANG) is 
one of the line of islands stretching away from the south-east point of 
the Island of Java. It is the second on the string, that next to Java 
being the Island of Bat. 
It has an area of 1370 square miles. 
It is, generally speaking, square in shape, being formed of two small 
parallel mountain chains connected by a low range of hills. The 
skeleton of the island is, thus, not unlike the letter H laid upon its 
side; thus “I,” the connecting chain of hills being not quite in the 
centre of the figure. 
The northern chain is volcanic, the Peak of Lombok, or Mount 
Rinpsant, attaining a height of 12,460 feet (Wallace) and having five 
cones of eruption, the centre one of which, A.P.I., is the present vent 
and is continually active. The western end of this range is called 
Mount Pornixan (4790 feet) and Mount Wanasir (28038 feet). 
The southern range is of tertiary formation and does not attain to 
the height of the northern ridge. Its highest point is 2395 feet. 
‘he connecting range of hills, the Sussan or Tenasan, attains a 
height of about 1100 feet. 
To the west of this chain of hills lies the plain of Materam, in which 
stands, or stood, the capital of the island, Marmram. ‘The plain to the 
east is much smaller. 
The north and south coasts being very steep, the rivers are few and 
short, but become dangerous mountain torrents during the monsoon. 
There are a few unimportant streams on the eastern coast. 
The principal streams take their rise in the Peak of Lombok and 
flow westwards, through the plain of Materam. They are inconsider- 
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Area, 
Formation, 
Mountains. 
Plains. 
Rivers, 
