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Mount Lamington began to erupt on the night of January 18, 1951. Three days later there was a violent eruption when a large part of the northern side of the mountain was blown away and devastating pyroclastic flows poured from the gap for a considerable time afterwards. Devastation caused by the 1951 eruption caused a Jeep to become stuck in a tree
Mount Lamington and the Hydrographers Range are of volcanic origin. Mount Lamington rises to a height of 1,680 meters above the coastal flats north of the Owen Stanley Range. A summit complex of lava domes and crater remnants rises above a low-angle base of volcaniclastic deposits that are dissected by radial valleys.
1951 eruption of Mount Lamington. [4] Epidemic: Western Australia: 2,000+ 1891–1910: Australia's worst typhoid epidemic. Worst-affected areas were the WA Goldfields where overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions were rife. Official death toll was close to 2,000 but actual toll much higher. [5] [6] Epidemic: Australia-wide: 1,013: 1946 ...
Mount Agung [31] Indonesia 1963 1,584 5 Bezymianny [32] Russia 1955–1957 4 Carran-Los Venados [33] Chile 1955 4 Mount Spurr [5] Alaska, United States 1953 4 Bagana [34] Papua New Guinea 1952 4 Kelud [8] Indonesia 1951 4 Mount Lamington [35] Papua New Guinea 1951 2,942 The only recorded eruption of Mount Lamington devastated Oro Province ...
Mount Galunggung: 5 Indonesia: 1822 [4] 3,360 Mount Vesuvius: 5 Italy: 1631 1631 eruption of Mount Vesuvius: 3,000 Ritter Island: 2 Papua New Guinea: 1888 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami: 2,957 Mount Papandayan: 3 Indonesia: 1772 [5] 2,942 Mount Lamington: 4 Papua New Guinea: 1951 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington: 2,806 Mount Awu: 3 ...
Mount Lamington eruption: 2,942 Occurred in the former Territory of Papua and New Guinea. [37] Deadliest natural disaster in Australian history. 1954 Cyclone: The Gold Coast Cyclone: 26–30 A tropical cyclone (known as The Gold Coast Cyclone) crossed the coast late evening on 20 February 1954 at Coolangatta.
Mount Kerewa; Mount Ialibu; Mount Murray; Mount Duau; Mount Faveng; Mount Karimui; Mount Suaru; Yelia; Mount Lamington in February 1951. Mount Lamington. An active stratovolcano famous for the 1951 eruption which killed 3,000 people. [30] Hydrographers Range; Victory; Mount Trafalgar; Vokeo Island; Koil Island; Blup Blup; Bam Island; Kadovar
January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. [4] January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel Journey Through the Night (Reis door de nacht), set during World War II.