Papua New Guinea · Stratovolcano
Mount Lamington
Lamington
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 1680m
- Last eruption
- 1956
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Southwestern Pacific / Trobriand Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 1680m
- Coordinates
- -8.950, 148.150
- Last eruption
- 1956
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Lamington is an andesitic stratovolcano with a 1.3-km-wide breached summit crater containing a lava dome that rises above the coastal plain of the Papuan Peninsula of New Guinea north of the Owen Stanley Range.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Lamington is an andesitic stratovolcano in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. The forested peak of the volcano had not been recognised as such until its devastating eruption in 1951 that caused about 3,000 deaths.
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Eruption history
3 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 3
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 5980 BCE (±300 yrs) – 1956
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 4 (1951)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1951VEI 4Observed1951-01-17 – 1956-07-02
- 4850 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate4850 BCE – end unknown
- 5980 BCE (±300 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate5980 BCE – end unknown
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