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Tigalalu

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Country:Indonesia
Subregion Name:Halmahera (Indonesia)
Volcano Number:0608-071
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Volcano Status:Holocene
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 422 m 1,384 feet
Latitude: 0.07°N 0°4'0"N
Longitude: 127.42°E 127°25'0"E

Gunung Tigalalu (Mount Tigalalu) is located at the northern end of Kayoa Island, which straddles the equator and is the southernmost of a chain of small volcanic islands off the western coast of Halmahera Island. Tigalalu forms a 422-m-high N-S-trending volcanic ridge at the north end of the island, part of which is flanked by coral limestones. Although much less known than its historically active neighbor to the north, Makian volcano, Tigalalu was mapped as Holocene in age by Apandi and Sudana (1980).

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