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Syahbandar Tower

You can see 196 km from here, looking south-east.

87Viewyas Score

TowerSunsetSea view360°Long viewMany peaks

Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 196 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

87out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 196 kmFarthest ridgelooking south-east
  • 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 27%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
  • 16Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 2 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 16 peaks you can name from here

From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.

Mountain Tampomas1,684 m · 145 km · south-eastTangkuban Perahu2,084 m · 113 km · south-eastGunung Malabar2,343 m · 145 km · south-eastMountain Patuha2,434 m · 132 km · south-eastMount Gede2,958 m · 76 km · southMount Salak2,211 m · 66 km · southGunung Perbakti1,699 m · 71 km · southKiaraberes-Gagak1,511 m · 69 km · southGunung Halimun1,929 m · 76 km · south-westMount Pulosari1,346 m · 95 km · westMountain Karang1,778 m · 85 km · westGunung Rajabasa1,281 m · 136 km · west

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are from August to September.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Janwest4 min before the sea-level sunset10%
  2. Febwest4 min before the sea-level sunset10%
  3. Marwest2 min before the sea-level sunset15%
  4. Aprwest2 min before the sea-level sunset20%
  5. Maywest2 min before the sea-level sunset29%
  6. Junnorth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset37%
  7. Julwest2 min before the sea-level sunset41%
  8. Augwest2 min before the sea-level sunset48%
  9. Sepwest2 min before the sea-level sunset44%
  10. Octwest4 min before the sea-level sunset27%
  11. Novwest4 min before the sea-level sunset12%
  12. Decsouth-west4 min before the sea-level sunset7%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Syahbandar Tower.

Building in Indonesia

Syahbandar Tower is an observation tower in Indonesia.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 196 km away, looking south-east.

The sea fills 27% of the horizon.

16 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Mountain Karang (1,778 m), 85 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from August to September.

Menara Syahbandar 1
Christophe95 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for Syahbandar TowerGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near Syahbandar TowerBooking.comSee prices Car hire in JakartaDiscover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Syahbandar Tower seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1other viewpoints within 5 kmChina town
  • 3cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmStasiun A, Stasiun B, Stasiun C
  • 10shelters and huts within 5 kmKantor Kecamatan Penjaringan, Under Toll, Sekretariat RW 01 and 7 more
  • 60car parks within 3 km
  • 3visitor centres within 5 kmFront Office Putri Duyung, Administrasi ( Biro Adak Untar), Jakarta International Expo
  • 114restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 666places to stay within 10 kmGolden Crown, The Packer Lodge, Antoni and 663 more
  • named peaks within 5 km
  • marked trails within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Syahbandar Tower, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Islandyasthe island
Java128,297 km²
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Waduk Pluit0.6 km² · 1.8 kmDanau Cincin0.4 km² · 6.4 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Jakarta PlanetariumBortle 9 · 7.7 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Ciliwung River97 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The view, as people saw it.

De uitkijk (Menara Syahbandar) 01
Hanno Lans · CC BY 4.0
De uitkijk (Menara Syahbandar) 02
Hanno Lans · CC BY 4.0
Kapal-kapal yang terlihat dari Menara Syahbandar
Rahmaziz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q12498003) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesIslandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit