Volcanological Survey of Indonesia

Volcanological Survey of Indonesia is the official Indonesian government agency under Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources which are responsible for investigating, recording, and warning about volcanoes within the Indonesian region of responsibility and geological hazard mitigation.

Center of Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation of Indonesia

Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi
Agency overview
Formed	1919 (1919) (earliest formation)
Headquarters	Jalan Diponegoro 57, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Parent department	Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
Website	vsi.esdm.go.id

The full official Indonesian name is the Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (English: Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center), often abbreviated to PVMBG.^[1] It is based in Bandung in West Java.^[2]

It was preceded by the Netherlands East Indies Volcanological Survey.^[3]

It has also been known as the Direktorat Vulkanologi, the organisation published a range of publications during the era with that the name:

• Peta geologi gunungapi (Geologic map of volcano)^[4]

• Peta daerah bahaya gunungapi (Volcanic hazard map)^[5]

• Peta kawasan rawan bencana gunungapi (Volcanic hazard map of volcano)^[6]

Its main annual publication has been known as Berita Berkala Vulkanologi.^[7]

Direktorat Vulkanologi also has published historical records of references to eruptions in historical time:-

• Data dasar gunungapi Indonesia (Catalogue of references on Indonesian volcanoes with eruptions in historical time)^[8]