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Dukono is located at the northernmost of the Halmahera island. It has a broad profile and is capped by many compound craters. Dukono is a very active volcano. During the major eruption in 1550, a lava flow filled in the strait between Halmahera and the north flank cone of Mount Mamuya. It was an eruption of scale 3 on VEI. Death were reported by the figure is unknown. Smaller eruptions occurred in 1719, 1868, and 1901. Since 1933, Dukono has been erupting continuously until the present.
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