The Sangihe Islands (or Sangi Islands) is a group of islands in northern Indonesia, northeast of Sulawesi in the Celebes Sea, roughly half way between Sulawesi and Mindanao, in the Philippines. The islands combine to total 813 sq kilometers, with many of the islands being actively volcanic with fertile soil and mountains. Sulawesi (formerly Celebes) is a large island in Indonesia. ... Celebes Sea on its northern border. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... A kilometer (Commonwealth spelling: kilometre), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Eruption redirects here. ...

The main islands of the group are Sangihe, Siau, Tahulandang, and Biaro. The largest island is Sangihe and contains an active volcano, Mt. Awu (1829 meters). Tahuna is the chief town and port. metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ...

The area came under Dutch control in 1677, and became part of Indonesia when it declared independence from the Netherlands in 1945.

The Sangir language is spoken in the islands; this Austronesian language is also spoken in some islands in the Philippines, and on the extreme northern tip of Sulawesi.[1] The Austronesian languages are a family of languages widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ...