Palu'e
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| Waters | Lake Flores | |
| Archipelago | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 19 '27 " S , 121 ° 42' 36" E | |
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| length | 6 km | |
| width | 6 km | |
| surface | 41 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Rokatenda (Paluweh) 875 m |
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| Residents | 10,000 244 inhabitants / km² |
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Palu'e is an Indonesian island in the Flores Sea and belongs to the Lesser Sunda Islands . The island belongs to a zone of increased earthquake and volcanic activity that extends on the northeastern edge of the Indian Ocean.
geography
Palu'e is about 18 kilometers north of Flores . The circular island with a diameter of more than 6 kilometers has an area of 41 square kilometers. Around 10,000 inhabitants are spread across eight mountain villages. The inhabitants of the island have their own language, also called Palu'e , which is one of the central Malayo-Polynesian languages .
volcano
The island is dominated by the 875 meter high stratovolcano Paluweh (also called Rokatenda ). The last serious outbreaks occurred in 1928 and 1964. Since autumn 2012 it has been increasingly active again. After a severe eruption with a 4000 meter high ash cloud occurred in early February 2013, which caused many people to leave the island, another outbreak occurred on August 10, 2013, killing six people and moving 3,000 residents to the neighboring island Flores were brought to safety. Due to the ongoing volcanic activity tries disaster to convince the remaining inhabitants of it, permanently relocate to Flores.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Indonesia - Help for the volcanic island of Palue. (No longer available online.) Steyler Mission, February 6, 2013, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 11, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Six people die in a volcanic eruption in Indonesia. (No longer available online.) In: Sächsische Zeitung. August 11, 2013, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved August 11, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
