Sangir Islands, a group of fifty islands, lying between the Philippines and Celebes, measure in all 323 sq. m. and contain 50,000 inhabitants, the largest, Great Sangir, being 28 miles long by 9 broad, and having nearly one-fourth of the population. All the islands are mountainous, volcanic, and fertile. The volcano Abu on Great Sangir was the scene of an eruption in 1856 that cost 3000 lives, and of another terrible one in 1892. The people are Malays, and are ruled by their own chiefs under the Dutch government.
Sangir Islands
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 147
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