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Looking south-southwest along the volcanic island just west of Halmahera.
Space Shuttle photo (STS075-0765-0017) taken on 4 March 1996.

 

 

Sources of Information:

Matahelumual, J., 1986, G. Makian: Bull. Volc. Surv. Indonesia, 110, 37 p. (in Indonesian)

McClelland, L., Simkin, T., Summers, M., Nielsen, E., and Stein, T.C., 1989, Global Volcanism 1975-1985: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 655 p.

Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.

Latitude (DD): 
0.32
Longitude (dd): 
127.40
Elevation (m): 
1357
State (Province, etc): 
Halmahera
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Country: 
Indonesia
Type: 
Stratovolcano