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Bagabag volcano

Updated: Dec 5, 2023 07:49 GMT - refresh

Stratovolcano 692 m / 2270 ft
Papua New Guinea, -4.78°S / 146.23°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Bagabag volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

The 7 x 8 km Bagabag island is truncated by a 3 x 5 km crater that is breached by the sea on the SE side. A shallow ridge marks the submerged portion of the crater rim. An offshore reef rings the island (Johnson et al. 1972).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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