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Coordinates: 1°31′05″N 125°11′06″E / 01.518°N 125.185°E

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Mount Tangkoko
Mount Tangkoko as viewed from the sea
Highest point
Elevation	1,113 m (3,652 ft)^[1]
Coordinates	1°31′05″N 125°11′06″E / 01.518°N 125.185°E / 01.518; 125.185^[2]
Dimensions
Width	3 km × 1.5 km (1.86 mi × 0.93 mi)^[3]
Geography
Mount Tangkoko Location in Sulawesi
Country	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Province	North Sulawesi
Regency	Minahasa
Geology
Mountain type	stratovolcano with lava dome^[3]
Rock types	andesite / basaltic andesite basalt / picro basalt dacite ^[3]
Last eruption	1880; 144 years ago (1880)^[2]

Mount Tangkoko^[4] is a stratovolcano in the north of Sulawesi island in Indonesia. Its summit has an elongated deep crater.On the east flank is a flat lava dome, Batu Angus. Historical records only show eruptions in the 19th century.^[2]

The Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve, in the northern part of Sulawesi island, is named after the volcano and home to such species as the Celebes crested macaque and spectral tarsier.

References

Citations

^ "Tangkoko-Duasudara - synonyms & subfeatures". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tangkoko-Duasudara". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tangkoko-Duasudara - general information". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ "Aset Sejarah Alam Dunia dan Rumah Satwa Sulawesi" [World natural history assets and Sulawesi animal house]. Nasional.Kompas.com (in Indonesian). Kompas. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

Bibliography

Morrice, M G; Jezek, P A; Gill, J B; Whitford, D J; Monoarfa, M (1983). "An introduction to the Sangihe arc: volcanism accompanying arc-arc collision in the Molucca Sea, Indonesia". J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 19: 135–165.
Tatsumi, Y; Murasaki, M; Arsadi, E M; Nohda, S (1991). "Geochemistry of Quaternary lavas from NE Sulawesi: transfer of subduction components into the mantle wedge". Contr Mineral Petr. 107: 137–149.

External links

Media related to Mount Tongkoko at Wikimedia Commons
Volcanological Survey of Indonesia (in Indonesian)
Volcanic hazard map of Tangkoko volcano, North Sulawesi province
Tangkoko volcano major historical eruptions — from the British Geological Survey

v t e Regencies and cities of North Sulawesi
Capital: Manado
Regencies	Bolaang Mongondow East Bolaang Mongondow North Bolaang Mongondow South Bolaang Mongondow Minahasa North Minahasa South Minahasa Southeast Minahasa Sangihe Islands Sitaro Islands Talaud Islands
Cities	Bitung Kotamobagu Manado Tomohon
See also: List of regencies and cities of Indonesia