Darai Hills volcano

Updated: Aug 8, 2022 22:31 GMT - Refresh

Volcanic field 500 m / 1640 ft
Papua New Guinea, -6.8°S / 143.08°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Darai Hills volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

A group of Pleistocene cones and craters are scattered over a limestone karst plateau SE of Mt. Bosavi (Mackenzie and Johnson 1984).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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