Ulawun

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Ulawun is one of Papua New Guinea’s most active and dangerous stratovolcanoes, located on the island of New Britain.

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Ulawun canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano
alsoKnownAs The Father
country Papua New Guinea
elevation 2334 m
7660 ft
eruptionStyle Plinian
explosive
sub-Plinian
formedBy subduction of the Solomon Sea Plate beneath the South Bismarck Plate
globalVolcanismProgramID 0502-08
hasFrequentEruptionsSince 18th century
hasHazard ashfall
lahars
lava flows
pyroclastic flows
volcanic gas emissions
hasLatitude -5.05
hasLongitude 151.33
hasRiskOf large sector collapse
tsunami generation from flank collapse
hasSummitCrater yes
hasSymmetricalProfile yes
hasVolcanicExplosivityIndex VEI 4
VEI 5
isMajorSourceOf sulfur dioxide emissions in the region
isOneOf most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea
most dangerous volcanoes in Papua New Guinea
lastEruption 2023
locatedIn Bismarck volcanic arc
Melanesia
Southwest Pacific Ocean
West New Britain Province
locatedOn New Britain
monitoredBy Global Volcanism Program
Rabaul Volcano Observatory
notableEruptionYear 1915
1970
1978
1980
2000
2019
partOf Bismarck Archipelago
produces basaltic-andesitic magma
threatens agricultural land
infrastructure
nearby villages
volcanicArcOrBelt Bismarck volcanic arc
volcanoType stratovolcano

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