Una Una
| Una Una | ||
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| Waters | Gulf of Tomini | |
| Archipelago | Togian Islands | |
| Geographical location | 0 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 121 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| surface | 50 km² | |
| Highest elevation |
Colo 507 m |
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| Residents | 200 4 inhabitants / km² |
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Una Una ( Indon. Pulau Una Una ; also Una-Una or Unauna ) is an Indonesian island near the equator . The approximately 50 km² island is located in the Gulf of Tomini near Sulawesi . Geographically, Una Una belongs to the Togian Islands , administratively to the province of Sulawesi Tengah .
The active stratovolcano Colo occupies the largest part of the island, which is up to 507 m high . Until 1983 Una Una was mostly overgrown with coconut palms and 7000 people lived on the island. Before a devastating eruption of the Colo in July 1983 Una Una had to be evacuated, the island was almost completely devastated by pyroclastic currents . At the moment only about 200 people live on Una Una, most of the original residents could not return.
Web links
- Article about Una Una on arte.tv
- Report about the outbreak in 1983 in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)