Mount Awu

Mount Awu is the largest stratovolcano in the chain, located on Sangir Island in , . Powerful eruptions have occurred in 1711, 1812, 1856, 1822, 1892, and 1966 with devastating pyroclastic flows and lahars that resulted in 11,048 fatalities.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,320 metres
  • Description: mountain in Indonesia
  • Also known as: Goenoeng Awoe”, “Gunung Awu”, “Gunung Awu Crater”, and “Mount Awu Crater

Mount Awu

Latitude
3.68131° or 3° 40′ 53″ north
Longitude
125.45348° or 125° 27′ 13″ east
Elevation
1,320 metres (4,331 feet)
Open location code
6QM7MFJ3+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 548647873
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
1651006
Wiki­data ID
Q791817
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Ukrainian—“Mount Awu” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Gunong Awu
  • Balinese: Gunung Awu
  • Banjar: Gunung Awu
  • Batak Toba: Gunung Awu
  • Betawi: Gunung Awu
  • Cebuano: Gunung Awu
  • Chinese: 阿武火山
  • Czech: Awu
  • Dutch: Awu
  • Dutch: Gunung Awu
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل مونت او
  • French: Awu
  • French: Gunung Awu
  • German: Awu (Vulkan)
  • German: Awu
  • German: Mount Awu
  • Hebrew: אוו
  • Indonesian: Bulude Awu
  • Indonesian: Gunung awu
  • Indonesian: Gunung Awu
  • Japanese: アウ山
  • Javanese: Gunung Awu
  • Korean: 아우 산
  • Korean: 아우산
  • Ladin: Mont Awu
  • Madurese: Gunung Awu
  • Malay: Gunung Awu
  • Minangkabau: Gunuang Awu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mount Awu
  • Norwegian: Mount Awu
  • Persian: کوه اوو
  • Polish: Awu
  • Portuguese: Aboe
  • Portuguese: Awu
  • Portuguese: Monte Awu
  • Russian: Аву (вулкан)
  • Russian: Аву
  • Serbian: Аву
  • Slovak: Awu
  • Spanish: Monte Awu
  • Sundanese: Gunung Awu
  • Swedish: Gunung Awu
  • Turkish: Awu Yanardağı
  • Ukrainian: Аву

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