Sangir Island

{{Short description|Island in Indonesia}}

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| name = Sangihe

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| location = South East Asia

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| archipelago = Sangir Islands

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| country = Indonesia

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| country_admin_divisions=North Sulawesi

| country_largest_city=Tahuna

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File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een drietal jonge vrouwen op de Sangihe-eilanden in traditionele kleding TMnr 60018652.jpg

Sangir Besar, commonly called Sangir Island (with the spelling variants "Sangihe", "Sanghir" or "Sangi"), is an island in the Sangir Islands group.{{cite book|editor=Jan Sihar Aritonang & Karel Adriaan Steenbrink|title=A History of Christianity in Indonesia|year=2008|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-041-7026-1|page=448}} Its Indonesian name literally means "Great Sangir", in reference to the fact that it is the archipelago's main island. It is part of the North Sulawesi province. The main language is the Sangir language.

It was the scene of the violent eruption of Gunung Awu volcano on 2 March 1856.{{cite book|editor=P.R. Cummins & I. Meilano|title=Geohazards in Indonesia: Earth Science for Disaster Risk Reduction|year=2007|publisher=Geological Society of London|isbn=978-18-623-9966-2|page=40}} The existing mountain was reshaped by the eruption, and flooding was extensive. The death toll was estimated to exceed two thousand, possibly as high as 6,000. Other major eruptions occurred in 1966 and 2004.

The critically endangered cerulean flycatcher and Sangihe whistler are endemic to Sangir Island as is the endangered Elegant Sunbird .