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Mount Tangkoko

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]
Type of rock	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, there is a flat lava dome Batu Angus. Historical records only show eruptions in the nineteenth century.^[2]

The Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve is a refuge for such species as the Celebes crested macaque and spectral tarsier.

• Batuputih Natural Park
• List of volcanoes in Indonesia

• 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.

• 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

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