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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Papua New Guinea. New Guinea. Name Elevation Location Last eruption meters feet Coordinates; Crater Mountain: 3233:
Bagana is an active volcanic cone located in the centre of the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, the largest island of the Solomon group. It is the most active volcano in the country, occupying a remote portion of central Bougainville Island. It is one of Melanesia's youngest and most active volcanoes.
Mount Hagen (German: Hagensberg), named after the German colonial officer Curt von Hagen (1859–1897), is the second highest volcano in Papua New Guinea and on the Australian continent, ranking behind only its neighbour Mount Giluwe which is roughly 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the south-west.
Pages in category "Volcanoes of Papua New Guinea" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Rabaul caldera, or Rabaul Volcano, is a large volcano on the tip of the Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, and derives its name from the town of Rabaul inside the caldera. The caldera has many sub-vents, Tavurvur being the most well known for its devastating eruptions over Rabaul .
Lost Land of the Volcano is a three-part nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit which follows a scientific expedition to the island of New Guinea. The expedition team, which includes specialist zoologists , explorers and the BBC crew, travels to the extinct volcano of Mount Bosavi in central Papua New Guinea to ...
Takuan Group is a volcanic group located in the southern part of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. It consists of three closely spaced stratovolcanoes and lava cones, Mount Takuan being the highest of them.
Billy Mitchell is a pyroclastic shield in the central part of the island of Bougainville, just north-east of the Bagana Volcano in Papua New Guinea.It is a small pyroclastic shield truncated by a 2 km wide caldera filled by a crater lake. [2]