INDONESIA.
Total Solar Eclipse, June 1983.
Map of Indonesia and blackout band.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 11.06.1983.
Face value: 275 Indonesian rupees.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 1100.
- Scott No. 1197.
- StampWorld No. 1142.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 991.
On June 11, 1983 there was a total solar eclipse of magnitude 1.0524, observable in a band of 11,900 km (7,395 mi) in length and 199 km (124 mi) in width. The duration of the whole was 5.11 minutes. The path of totality passed through the Christmas Islands, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and ended in Vanuatu. The maximum eclipse occurred off the Indonesian island of Madura. Indonesia's major cities witnessed the whole, including Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, and Makassar, plus Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.
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