Papua New Guinea · Stratovolcano
Kadovar
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 365m
- Last eruption
- 2023
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- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Southwestern Pacific / Bismarck Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 365m
- Coordinates
- -3.608, 144.588
- Last eruption
- 2023
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The 2-km-wide island of Kadovar is the emergent summit of a Bismarck Sea stratovolcano of Holocene age.
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From Wikipedia
Kadovar is a volcanic island in Papua New Guinea northeast of the much larger island of New Guinea. The volcano erupted in January 2018 and the eruption is ongoing as of 2023, although the activity level is generally considered to be low. There were some heightened thermal phenomena in 1976.
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Eruption history
2 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
- Span of confirmed record
- 2018 – 2023
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (2018)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 2018VEI 2Observed2018-01-05 – 2023-05-14Summit and SE flank
- 1700VEI ?Method not stated1700-04 – end unknown
Nearby volcanoes
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