Mount Hiri

Mount Hiri
Elevation	630 m (2,067 ft)
Location
Location	North Maluku, Indonesia
Coordinates	0°53′N 127°19′E / 0.88°N 127.32°E / 0.88; 127.32
Geology
Type	Volcanic cone

Hiri is a small 3 km wide forested island immediately north of the island of Ternate, in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It is located at the northernmost part of a chain of volcanic islands off the western coast of Halmahera. It is a conical volcano which rises to 630 m. Its dominant neighbour to the south is the more active volcano of Mount Gamalama (1716 m), on Ternate island.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Indonesia

This island was used by "Z Force" (Z Special Unit), (the mainly Australian special operations group active in this area during WWII), on April 9-10 1945, to take the then Sultan of Ternate, Iskander Muhammad Jabir Syah, to safety from the occupying Japanese forces. The Sultan and his family were rowed at night from Ternate Is. across to Hiri Is., where Z Force protected them from the Japanese troops the next day. He and his family were shortly after taken by U.S. Navy PT Boat to Morotai Is.

Verification: Sydney Morning Herald 24-25 April 2010

External links

• "Hiri". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0608-052. 
• Volcanological Survey of Indonesia