Papua New Guinea · Volcanic field
Waiowa
Sessagara Hills
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Elevation
- 493m
- Last eruption
- 1944
- Type
- Volcanic field
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Southwestern Pacific / Trobriand Volcanic Province
- Elevation
- 493m
- Coordinates
- -9.554, 149.128
- Last eruption
- 1944
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Trachyandesite / Basaltic trachyandesite
Geological summary
The small low-lying andesitic Sessagara Hills volcanic field is located near the mouth of the Uiaka River, south of Collingwood Bay and NE of the Goropu Mountains on the Papuan Peninsula of New Guinea.
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From Wikipedia
Waiowa is an isolated trachyandesitic volcano on New Guinea island, Papua New Guinea. It is located 19 km inland from Collingwood Bay in Oro Province. It lies on a fault line along the northeast flank of the Owen Stanley metamorphic belt. It is one of the planet's newest volcanoes, it formed in September 1943.
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Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1943 – 1944
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 3 (1943)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 1943VEI 3Observed1943-09-18 – 1944-08-31
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