Mount Tongkoko

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Mount Tongkoko
Elevation 1,149 metres (3,770 ft)[1]
Location Sulawesi, Indonesia
Coordinates 1.52° N 125.20° E
Type stratovolcano
Last eruption 1880

Mount Tongkoko or Mount Tangkoko is a stratovolcano in the north of Sulawesi, 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.[1]

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

Mount Tongkoko (Sulawesi)
Mount Tongkoko
Location of Mount Tongkoko

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Indonesia Portal
  1. ^ a b Tongkoko. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.