List of volcanoes in Papua New Guinea

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Contents 1 New Guinea 2 Admiralty Islands 3 Bougainville 4 D'Entrecasteaux Islands 5 New Britain 6 New Ireland 7 Offshore islands 8 References

See also: List of terrestrial volcanoes

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Papua New Guinea.

[edit] New Guinea

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
	meters	feet	Coordinates
Crater Mountain	3233	10,607	6.58° S 145.08° E	-
Doma Peaks	3568	11,706	5.90° S 143.15° E	-
Mount Giluwe	4368	14331	6°3′S 143°53′E	~ 220,000 years ago
Hydrographers Range	1915	6283	9.00° S 148.37° E	-
Koranga	1500	4921	7.33° S 146.708° E	-
Lamington	1680	5512	8.95° S 148.15° E	1956
Madilogo	850	2789	9.20° S 147.57° E	-
Managlase Plateau	1342	4403	9.08° S 146.33° E	-
Musa River	808	2651	9.308° S 148.13° E	-
Sessagara	370	1214	9.48° S 149.13° E	-
Victory	1925	6316	9.20° S 149.07° E	1935
Waiowa	640	2100	9.57° S 149.075° E	1944
Yelia	3384	11,102	7.05° S 145.858° E	-

[edit] Admiralty Islands

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
	meters	feet	Coordinates
Baluan	254	833	2.57° S 147.28° E	Holocene
St. Andrew Strait	270	886	2.38° S 147.35° E	1957
Unnamed	-1300	-4265	3.03° S 147.78° E	1972

[edit] Bougainville

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
	meters	feet	Coordinates
Bagana	1750	5741	6.140° S 155.195° E	2006
Balbi	2715	8907	5.92° S 154.98° E	Holocene
Billy Mitchell	1544	5066	6.092° S 155.225° E	1580
Loloru	1887	6191	6.52° S 155.62° E	1050 BC
Takuan Group	2210	7251	6.442° S 155.608° E	Holocene
Tore	2200	7218	5.83° S 154.93° E	Holocene

[edit] D'Entrecasteaux Islands

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
	meters	feet	Coordinates
Dawson Strait Group	500	1640	9.62° S 150.88° E	1350
Goodenough	220	722	9.48° S 150.35° E	Holocene
Iamalele	200	656	9.52° S 150.53° E	Holocene

[edit] New Britain

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
	meters	feet	Coordinates
Bamus	2248	7375	5.20° S 151.23° E	1886
Bola	1155	3789	5.15° S 150.03° E	Holocene
Dakataua	400	1312	5.056° S 150.108° E	1895
Garove	368	1207	4.692° S 149.50° E	Holocene
Garbuna Group	564	1850	5.45° S 150.03° E	2005
Garua Harbour	565	1854	5.30° S 150.07° E	-
Hargy	1148	3766	5.33° S 151.05° E	950
Langila	1330	4363	5.525° S 148.42° E	2006
Lolo	805	2641	5.468° S 150.507° E	-
Lolobau	858	2815	4.92° S 151.158° E	1912
Mundua	179	587	4.63° S 149.35° E	Holocene
Narage	307	1007	4.55° S 149.125° E	Pleistocene
Pago	742	2434	5.58° S 150.52° E	2003
Rabaul	688	2257	4.271° S 152.203° E	2006
Sulu Range	610	2001	5.50° S 150.942° E	-
Tavui	200	656	4.12° S 152.20° E	5150 BC
Ulawun	2334	7657	5.05° S 151.33° E	2005
Unnamed	-	-	4.75° S 150.85° E	-
Unnamed	-	-	5.20° S 148.57° E	-

[edit] New Ireland

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
	meters	feet	Coordinates
Ambitle	450	1476	4.08° S 153.65° E	350 BC
Lihir	700	2297	3.125° S 152.642° E	Holocene

[edit] Offshore islands

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
	meters	feet	Coordinates
Bam	685	2247	3.613° S 144.818° E	1960
Blup Blup	402	1319	3.507° S 144.605° E	-
Boisa	240	787	3.994° S 144.963° E	-
Kadovar	365	1197	3.630° S 144.631° E	-
Karkar	1839	6033	4.649° S 145.964° E	1979
Long Island	1280	4199	5.358° S 147.12° E	1993
Manam	1807	5928	4.080° S 145.037° E	2006
New Hanover Island	-	-	2.5° S 150.25° ECoordinates: 2.5° S 150.25° E	-
Ritter Island	140	459	5.52° S 148.121° E	1974
Sakar	992	3255	5.414° S 148.094° E	-
Umboi	1584	5079	5.589° S 147.875° E	Holocene
Yomba	-	-	4.90° S 146.75° E	-
Unnamed	-2000	-6562	4.311° S 146.256° E	-

[edit] References

• Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/).