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Makian (also Machian) is one of the Maluku Islands

Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. They are located on the Australian Plate, lying east of Sulawesi , west of New Guinea, and north of Timor....
in Indonesia

Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
. It lies to the south of Tidore

Tidore

Tidore is in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, west of the larger island of Halmahera. It is a city, island, and archipelago. In the In the pre-colonial era, the kingdom of Tidore was a major regional political and economic power, and a fierce rival of nearby Ternate, just to the north....
and to the north of Bacan

Bacan

Bacan refers to a group of islands in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia and to that group's largest island. The islands are mountainous and forested....
. Since its first recorded eruption in the 1550s it has erupted seven more times, four of which caused fatalities.

The island is dominated by the volcanic Mount Kiebesi (1357 metres). A 1760 eruption of the volcano killed about three thousand inhabitants. It erupted in 1890, and was then dormant until July 1988, when a series of eruptions forced the temporary evacuation of the island's entire population, about fifteen thousand people.

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Makian (also Machian) is one of the Maluku Islands

Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. They are located on the Australian Plate, lying east of Sulawesi , west of New Guinea, and north of Timor....
in Indonesia

Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
. It lies to the south of Tidore

Tidore

Tidore is in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia, west of the larger island of Halmahera. It is a city, island, and archipelago. In the In the pre-colonial era, the kingdom of Tidore was a major regional political and economic power, and a fierce rival of nearby Ternate, just to the north....
and to the north of Bacan

Bacan

Bacan refers to a group of islands in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia and to that group's largest island. The islands are mountainous and forested....
. Since its first recorded eruption in the 1550s it has erupted seven more times, four of which caused fatalities.

The island is dominated by the volcanic Mount Kiebesi (1357 metres). A 1760 eruption of the volcano killed about three thousand inhabitants. It erupted in 1890, and was then dormant until July 1988, when a series of eruptions forced the temporary evacuation of the island's entire population, about fifteen thousand people.

See also

List of volcanoes in Indonesia
List of volcanoes in Indonesia

File:Mahameru-volcano.jpegThe geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Australian plate. Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krakatau for its global effects in 1883, Lake Toba for its supervolcano erupti...