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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  • Volcano rising to 1,320 metres (4,331 feet)
  • Description: mountain in Indonesia
  • Also known as
    “Goenoeng Awoe”
    “Gunung Awu”
    “Gunung Awu Crater”
    “Mount Awu Crater”

Mount Awu

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Latitude
3.68131° or 3° 40′ 53″ north
Longitude
125.45348° or 125° 27′ 13″ east
Open location code
6QM7MFJ3+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 548647873
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
1651006
Wiki­data ID
Q791817

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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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