Papua New Guinea · Stratovolcano
Garbuna Group
Krummel-Garbuna-Welcker
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 564m
- Last eruption
- 2008
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Southwestern Pacific / Bismarck Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 564m
- Coordinates
- -5.416, 150.027
- Last eruption
- 2008
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
The basaltic-to-dacitic Krummel-Garbuna-Welcker Volcanic Complex consists of three volcanic peaks located along a 7-km N-S line above a shield-like foundation at the southern end of the Willaumez Peninsula.
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From Wikipedia
The Garbuna Group of volcanoes consists of three volcanic peaks, Krummel, Garbuna, and Welcker, atop a shield volcano. They are located at the southern end of the Willaumez Peninsula, just to the west of the town of Kimbe, in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Garbuna contains a large thermal field, probably Papua New Guinea's largest.
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Eruption history
4 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 4
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 150 – 2008
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 2 (2008, the most recent of 3)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 3
Detailed timeline
- 2008VEI 1Observed2008-03-11 – 2008-03-13
- 2008VEI 2Observed2008-07-13 – 2008-10-04
- 2005VEI 2Observed2005-10-16 – 2005-11-17Central part of Garbuna complex
- 150VEI 2Geological estimate150 – end unknownGarbuna and Welcker
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