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Makian

Kie Besi

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1357m
Last eruption
1988
Makian
Photo: Sumaryono (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Indonesia
Region
Western Pacific / Halmahera Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1357m
Coordinates
0.320, 127.400
Last eruption
1988
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary

Kie Besi volcano, forming the 10-km-wide Makian island off the west coast of Halmahera, has been the source of infrequent, but strong eruptions that have devastated villages on the island. The large 1.5-km-wide summit crater, containing a small lake on the NE side, gives the peak a flat-topped profile. Two prominent valleys extend to the coast from the summit crater on the north and east sides. Four cones are found on the western flanks. Eruption have been recorded since about 1550; major eruptions in 1646, 1760-61, 1861-62, 1890, and 1988 caused extensive damage and many fatalities.

From Wikipedia

Makian, known to local people as Mount Kie Besi, is a volcanic island, one of the Maluku Islands within the province of North Maluku in Indonesia. It lies near the southern end of a chain of volcanic islands off the western coast of the province's major island, Halmahera, and lies between the islands of Moti and Tidore to the north and Kayoa and the Bacan Group to the south. The island, which forms two districts within South Halmahera Regency of North Maluku Province, covers an area of 91.04 sq.km, and had a population of 12,394 at the 2010 Census, which rose to 14,000 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 12,404.

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Eruption history

11 recordedGlossary
Summary (VEI over time)
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1550~1594 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 31638~1681 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41725~1769 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41813~1857 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 11857~1900 · 5 eruptions · max VEI 41944~1988 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 315501638176918571944

Detailed timeline

  1. 1988VEI 3Observed
    1988-07-29 – 1988-08-05
  2. 1890VEI 2Observed
    1890-06-20 – 1890-06-30
  3. 1864VEI 1Observed
    1864-10-16 – 1864-10-16
  4. 1863VEI 1Observed
    1863-08-25 – 1863-08-31
  5. 1861VEI 4Observed
    1861-12-28 – 1862-10-16
  6. 1860VEI 1Method not stated
    1860-07-02 – end unknown
  7. 1854VEI 1Method not stated
    1854-06-18 – 1854-06-18
  8. 1760VEI 4Observed
    1760-09-22 – 1761-04-30
  9. 1660VEI ?Method not stated
    1660 – end unknown
  10. 1646VEI 4Observed
    1646-07-19 – 1646-07-21
  11. 1550VEI 3Observed
    1550 – end unknown

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