Barisan (mountains) (mountain range) is a location in or related to Aceh described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu. Heavy mountain massif running along Sumatra.

Type

mountain range

Description

Heavy mountain massif running along Sumatra. Outliers reach the sea at Lho’Nga on the Westkust, leaving barely room for passage. Held to the right on the road to Sigli.

Significance

Barisan (mountains) is recorded by Jongejan as part of the geography and historical landscape of Aceh.

See Also

Source

Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 49, 57.