Crater Mountain volcano
stratovolcano 3233 m / 10,607 ft
New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, -6.58°S / 145.08°E
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5)
Crater Mountain volcano is a curved volcanic chain of 3000 m and higher peaks located in the highlands of New Guinea. The volcanoes are deeply eroded, but there are young flows covering the steep-sided valleys to the north and east, which might be of Holocene age. The easternmost Agotu Valley contains several small craters, cinder cones, and maars.
Crater Mountain is part of the 2700 km2 Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, known for its spectacular scenery and traditional villages.
Eruption of Stromboli's central crater and the shadow of Stromboli mountain over the clouds. (c) |
2900 m a.s.l. At the site of the former Torre del Filosofo mountain hut, now buried beneath the cinders from the violent eruption in 2002, the jeep road ends and we stand... |
Ash plume from a strombolian eruption in Bocca Nuova crater. (c) |
The eastern pit crater of Bocca Nuova (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
Group of hikers inside Bocca Nuova (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
There is snow even inside the pit crater. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) |
