Tinakula

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Tinakula
NASA image of Tinakula dated May 2001
NASA image of Tinakula dated May 2001
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Santa Cruz Islands
Geographical location 10 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  S , 165 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 10 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  S , 165 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
Tinakula (Solomon Islands)
Tinakula
length 3.6 km
width 3.1 km
surface 8 km²
Highest elevation Tinakula
851  m
Residents uninhabited
main place Temateneni (historical)
Tinakula from Fenualoa (volcanic cone on the horizon)
Tinakula of Fenualoa of
(volcanic cone on the horizon)

Tinakula is an uninhabited volcanic island in the north of the Santa Cruz Islands in the Pacific Ocean . Politically it belongs to the Temotu province of the island state of the Solomon Islands .

geography

Tinakula is around 20 km north of Nendo , the largest island in the archipelago. The almost round island has a diameter of about 3.5 km, an area of ​​8 km² and reaches a height of 851 m above sea level. It is the same andesitic stratovolcano formed of m rises 3000-4000 from the seabed. The volcano was already active when it was discovered in 1595 by the Spaniard Alvaro de Mendaña de Neyra , and further volcanic activity continues to this day . In 1951, as well as from 1965 to 1966, volcanic eruptions with a magnitude of 3 according to the volcanic explosion index took place. The island has not been permanently inhabited since a tsunami in 1971. In the late 1980s, however, there was a renewed settlement attempt when two families (less than 10 people) from Nupani tried to defy the volcano's unpredictability in order to benefit from the fertility of the volcanic soil.

The only village on the island was on the southeast coast and was called Temateneni . It was formed in the early 1950s during a volcanic dormant period. By 1971 the population reached the highest level of 160, Polynesians from Nupani and Nukapu . The volcanic eruption of September 6, 1971 required a quick evacuation of the entire population. Tinakula has been active almost continuously since 2002; on a satellite image from February 2012, clouds of steam and ash were visible over the island.

history

Tinakula was also inhabited before 1840. After the volcanic eruption of 1840, the island was uninhabited for more than 100 years.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ David Harcombe: Solomon Islands. A travel survival kit. Lonely Planet, South Yarra et al. 1988, ISBN 0-86442-009-9 , p. 220.
  3. ^ Steam and Ash Plume over Tinakula Island. (February 18, 2012, accessed December 25, 2012)

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