Jailolo
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Jailolo is a volcanic complex on a peninsula
(Jailolo Bay), west of Halmahera
island. It has lava flows on the eastern flank, small caldera
at the west and southwest of the mountain, hot spring
s along the northwest coast of the caldera. Small volcanic island was formed by the Kailupa cone, off the southern coast of the peninsula.
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
(Jailolo Bay), west of Halmahera
Halmahera
Halmahera is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia.Halmahera has a land area of 17,780 km² and a population in 1995 of 162,728...
island. It has lava flows on the eastern flank, small caldera
Caldera
A caldera is a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption, such as the one at Yellowstone National Park in the US. They are sometimes confused with volcanic craters...
at the west and southwest of the mountain, hot spring
Hot spring
A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. There are geothermal hot springs in many locations all over the crust of the earth.-Definitions:...
s along the northwest coast of the caldera. Small volcanic island was formed by the Kailupa cone, off the southern coast of the peninsula.