Vulcan volcano

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Vulcan volcano is an active stratovolcano on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea, known for its explosive eruptions that have repeatedly devastated the nearby town of Rabaul.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Vulcan volcano canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
administrativeRegion East New Britain Province ⓘ
associatedWith Rabaul caldera ⓘ
linked to: Rabaul volcano
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
eruptionColumnType Plinian ⓘ
sub-Plinian ⓘ
eruptionConsequence damage to infrastructure in Rabaul ⓘ
evacuation of Rabaul residents ⓘ
eruptionFrequency intermittent ⓘ
eruptionHazardZone Rabaul area ⓘ
eruptionImpact destruction of parts of Rabaul ⓘ
eruptionProduct andesitic magma ⓘ
dacitic magma ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive ⓘ
formsPartOf Rabaul volcanic complex ⓘ
linked to: Rabaul volcano
geologicalAge Quaternary ⓘ
hasName Vulcan ⓘ
hazardType ash fall ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
knownFor devastating eruptions affecting Rabaul ⓘ
explosive eruptions ⓘ
lastMajorEruption 1994 ⓘ
locatedIn Bismarck Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Bismarck Sea

East New Britain Province ⓘ
Islands Region of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedNear Rabaul ⓘ
locatedOn New Britain ⓘ
island arc ⓘ
monitoringAgency Rabaul Volcano Observatory ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
nearbySettlement Kokopo ⓘ
Rabaul ⓘ
nearbyVolcano Tavurvur ⓘ
partOf Bismarck volcanic arc ⓘ
region Melanesia ⓘ
riskTo Rabaul ⓘ
surrounding communities of Rabaul caldera ⓘ
significantEruption 1937 ⓘ
1994 ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction zone volcano ⓘ
volcanicExplosivityIndex high ⓘ
volcanicField Rabaul caldera system ⓘ
linked to: Rabaul volcano
volcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rabaul → near → Vulcan volcano ⓘ
Tavurvur → formsComplexWith → Vulcan volcano ⓘ
Simpson Harbour → near → Vulcan volcano ⓘ