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Papua New Guinea · Fissure vent

Unnamed volcano

Titan Ridge

Type
Fissure vent
Elevation
1300m (submarine)
Last eruption
1972
Type
Fissure vent
Country
Papua New Guinea
Region
Southwestern Pacific / Bismarck Sea Volcanic Province
Elevation
1300m (submarine)
Coordinates
-3.030, 147.780
Last eruption
1972
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Cluster
Major rock type
No data

Geological summary

SOFAR signals resembling those produced at known submarine eruptions were recorded in January 1972 in the central Bismarck Sea (Johnson et al., 1981).

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Eruption history

1 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
1
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1972 – 1972
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 0 (1972)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
1
Summary (VEI over time)
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1972~1972 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 019721972197319731973

Detailed timeline

  1. 1972VEI 0Observed
    1972-01-08 – 1972-01-12

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