Dukono

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Dukono
Elevation 1,335 metres (4,380 feet)[1]
Location Halmahera, Indonesia
Coordinates 1.68° N 127.88° E
Type Complex volcano
Last eruption 2008 (continuing)

Dukono is located at the northernmost of the Halmahera island. It has a broad profile and is capped by many compound craters. Dukono is a very active volcano. During the major eruption in 1550, a lava flow filled in the strait between Halmahera and the north flank cone of Mount Mamuya. It was an eruption of scale 3 on VEI. Death were reported by the figure is unknown. Smaller eruptions occurred in 1719, 1868, and 1901.[2] Since 1933, Dukono has been erupting continuously until the present.[1]

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Indonesia Portal
  1. ^ a b Dukono. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  2. ^ Dukono, Halmahera Arc Volcanoes, Indonesia. Volcano World. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
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