Papua New Guinea · Caldera
Lolobau Island
Lolobau
- Type
- Caldera
- Elevation
- 878m
- Last eruption
- 1912
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- Type
- Caldera
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Southwestern Pacific / Bismarck Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 878m
- Coordinates
- -4.916, 151.162
- Last eruption
- 1912
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Caldera
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Lolobau volcano has grown over the W rim of a 6-km-wide caldera which formed about 12,000 years ago.
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From Wikipedia
Lolobau Island is an island in the Bismarck Sea, within the West New Britain Province of the Islands Region, in northern Papua New Guinea.
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Eruption history
4 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 3
- Uncertain eruptions
- 1
- Span of confirmed record
- 1100 (±30 yrs) – 1912
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 4 (1911, the most recent of 3)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 2
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1911VEI 4Observed1911-07-02 – 1912-07-02East flank (Sili)
- 1908VEI ?Method not stated1908-07-02 – end unknown
- 1904VEI 4Observed1904-08-09 – 1905-10-18East flank (Sili, Malo), Hulu ?
- 1100 (±30 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate1100 – end unknownHulu
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