Get our newsletter!     Volcano Calendar 2020: We're proud to present our 2020 volcano calendar: 13 different and attractive images of volcanoes, volcanic landscapes and phenomena taken during volcano tours over the past two years.  Volcano Discoveries: "One of the most eye-catching guides to the world’s volcanoes ever published.  VolcanoAdventures: Our professional team of volcanologists and photographers offers unique travel opportunities: volcano expeditions, photo tours, and relaxed walking & study tours.  The Volcano Adventure Guide: Excellent information and background for anyone wishing to visit active volcanoes safely and enjoyably. The book presents guidelines to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world. Guaranteed tours: : spaces available / : guaranteed / : few spaces left / : booked out Random pictures | |  Bagana volcano on Bougainville Island is one of the world's most active volcanoes. It has erupted frequently since its discovery in 1842. It is located on a remote part of central Bougainville Island in the Northern Solomon Province of Papua New Guinea.
Bagana volcano is a massive, symmetrical, roughly 1750-m-high cone built largely by rapid accumulation of viscous andesitic lava flows. The present-day cone might only be 300 years old.
Major eruptions occurred in 1950, 1952, and 1966. Bagana has been in near- continuous activity since 1972, creating slow-moving lava flows, and occasionally ash explosions that sometimes produce pyroclastic flows.
The volcano has been in near-continuous activity since the earliest records from the 18th century.
lava cone (stratovolcano) 1750 m / 5,741 ft
Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, -6.14°S / 155.2°E Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) Bagana webcams / live data | ReportsBagana volcano booksBagana volcano eruptions:
2012, 1972-2011, 1970-71, 1968, 1966-67, 1964-65, 1962-63, 1961, 1959(?)-60, 1953, 1952, 1948-51, 1945-47, 1943, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1909(?), 1908, 1899, 1897, 1894-95, 1883, 1865-83, 1842 Typical eruption style:explosive Last earthquakes nearbyLatest satellite images  Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 Bagana volcano: news and activity updatesBagana volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: WEAK STEAM EMISSIONS OBS AT 09/2100Z OBS VA DTG: 09/2125ZFriday Sep 09, 2016 21:30 PM |  Satellite image of Bagana volcano on 9 Sep 2016
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report: FVAU0405 at 21:22 UTC, 09/09/16 from ADRM VA ADVISORY DTG: 20160909/2125Z VAAC: DARWIN VOLCANO: BAGANA 255020 PSN: S0608 E15512 AREA: PAPUA NEW GUINEA SUMMIT ELEV: 1855M ADVISORY NR: 2016/263 INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE ERUPTION DETAILS: WEAK STEAM EMISSIONS OBS AT 09/2100Z OBS VA DTG: 09/2125Z OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABLE FM SATELLITE DATA WIND SFC/FL080 120/05KT FCST VA CLD +6 HR: 10/0325Z NO VA EXP FCST VA CLD +12 HR: 10/0925Z NO VA EXP FCST VA CLD +18 HR: 10/1525Z NO VA EXP RMK: STEAM EMISSIONS OBSERVED FROM VOLCANO IN MORNING VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY, WITH NO EVIDENCE OF DISCERNABLE ASH. ADVISORY TERMINATED. NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES Previous newsThursday, Sep 08, 2016 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report: ...
[more]Tuesday, Sep 06, 2016 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report: ...
[more]Monday, Aug 29, 2016 Low-level ash emissions occur at the volcano, producing a plume at estimated 7,000 ft (2.1 km) altitude drifting west from the volcano. ...
[more]Friday, Aug 05, 2016 Minor ash emissions were reported this morning by Darwin VAAC. ...
[more]Friday, Jul 29, 2016 A small ash emission from the volcano was reported yesterday evening. According to Darwin VAAC, a plume at approx. 7,000 ft (2.1 km) altitude extended 35 km west from the volcano.
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