Samosir

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{{Short description|Large volcanic island in Lake Toba in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia}}
{{About||the regency|Samosir Regency}}
{{Infobox islands
|name = Samosir Island
|native_name = ''Pulau Samosir ([[Indonesian language|Indonesian]])''<br>''Pulo Samosir ([[Batak language|Batak]])''
|image_name = Toba zoom.jpg
|image_caption = Samosir is in the middle of Lake Toba.
| map = Indonesia Sumatra
| map_caption =
|location = [[South East Asia]]
|coordinates= {{coord|2|35|N|98|49|E|type:isle_scale:400000}}
|archipelago =
|total_islands =
|major_islands =
|area_km2 = 630
|highest_mount =
|elevation_m =
|country = Indonesia
|country_admin_divisions_title =
|country_admin_divisions =
|country_largest_city =
|country_largest_city_population =
|population = 108,869<ref>2020 Census</ref>
|population_as_of = 2020 Census
| density_km2 = 172.8
|ethnic_groups = [[Batak (Indonesia)|Batak]]
}}
'''Samosir''', or '''Samosir Island''', is a large [[volcano|volcanic]] island in [[Lake Toba]], located in [[North Sumatra|North Sumatra Province]] on the island of [[Sumatra]] in [[Indonesia]]. Administratively, Samosir Island is governed as six of the nine districts within [[Samosir Regency]]. The lake and island were formed after the eruption of [[Youngest Toba eruption|the Toba supervolcano]] some 75,000 years ago.<ref>[http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/indonesia/toba.html Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626005709/http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/indonesia/toba.html |date=2006-06-26 }} Volcanoworld, Accessed June 7, 2006</ref>

At {{convert|630|km2|0}}, Samosir is the largest [[island within an island]] and the fourth largest [[lake island]] in the world.<ref>[http://www.worldislandinfo.com/SUPERLATIVESV2.html Island Superlatives] World Island Information, Accessed June 7, 2006</ref> It also contains two smaller lakes, [[Lake Sidihoni]] and {{ill|Lake Aek Natonang|id|Danau Aek Natonang}}. Across the lake on the east of the island lies [[Uluan Peninsula|the Uluan Peninsula]]. The island was historically linked to the mainland of Sumatra on its western part by a narrow [[isthmus]] connecting the town of [[Pangururan]] on Samosir and [[Tele, Sumatra|Tele]] on mainland Sumatra, but it was split by the Tano Ponggol Canal and bridge in 1906, which was widened in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=River Canalisation – Tano Ponggol – Oriental Sheet Piling |url=https://orientalsheetpiling.com/retaining-wall-tano-ponggol/ |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=orientalsheetpiling.com}}</ref> Tele consequently offers one of the best views of Lake Toba and Samosir Island. One of the most important objects on the island is a Lutheran church, and opposite it is a huge hill.

==Tourism==
Samosir is a popular [[tourist destination]] due to its exotic history and the vistas it offers, including of the huge hill opposite the Lutheran church. The tourist resorts are concentrated in the {{ill|Tuktuk (Samosir)|lt=Tuktuk|id|Tuktuk Siadong, Simanindo, Samosir}} area. The island is the centre of the [[Batak Toba people|Batak]] culture and many of the Toba Batak traditional houses (rumah adat) remain on the island. Most of the tourist accommodations are concentrated in the small town of Tuktuk, which is located a one-hour ferry ride across the lake from the town of [[Parapat]]. The passenger ferry leaves from Tiga Raja harbor every hour between 8.30 and 19.00. For those running late, there is an option to take the passenger boat from Ajibata to Tomok until 8.30 pm. A car ferry leaves the mainland from Ajibata and lands in the small town of Tomok, about a 10-minute drive from Tuktuk until 9 pm. There are also other passenger ferries and individual hotels may also have ferries available.

==Gallery==
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File:Samosir Island - Lake Toba.jpg|Samosir Island
File:Graves on Samosir. Low-res.jpg|Graves on Samosir Island
File:Tano Ponggol Canal 02.JPG|Tano Ponggol Canal
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een sarcofaag op Samosir Res. Tapanoeli TMnr 10016784.jpg|[[Sarcophagus]] in Samosir c. 1916
</gallery>

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[[Category:Batak]]
[[Category:Lake islands of Asia]]
[[Category:Islands of Sumatra]]
[[Category:Lake Toba]]
[[Category:Populated places in Indonesia]]
[[Category:Asahan Toba basin]]

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