Sangir Islands
a group of small islands in the Indian Archipelago, between the N. E. extremity of Celebes and the Philippine isle of Mindanao. Most of them are inhabited and are covered with cocoa palms. Rice, pisang, and sago are cultivated. The islands are all mountainous and partly volcanic. In an eruption of Aboe, a volcano on Great Sangir, in June, 1892, the greater part of the island was devastated, and nearly 10,000 inhabitants perished. The natives are of the Malay race and profess Christianity. The The islands belong to the Netherlands. Pop. about 114,000.