Bakanovi Volcano
Updated: 25. Apr. 2024 14:04 GMT -
stratovolcano 650 m / 2,133 ft
North Solomons Province (Papua Neuguinea), -6.15°S / 155.35°E
Aktueller Status: (wahrscheinlich) erloschen (0 von 5)
North Solomons Province (Papua Neuguinea), -6.15°S / 155.35°E
Aktueller Status: (wahrscheinlich) erloschen (0 von 5)
Bakanovi volcano is an extinct volcano 16 km east of Bagana volcano on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. The small volcano is deeply eroded and was built above an eroded 4 km diameter caldera.
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Ausbrüche des Bakanovi: extinct, last eruptions several hundred thousands of years ago
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Beschreibung
The volcano is one of 17 recognized post-Miocene volcanoes and volcanic centers on Bougainville. It is composed of lava flows and pyroclastic flow deposit and is considered extinct. Its last activity was several 100,000 years ago.D. H. Blake (1968) "Post miocene volcanoes on Bougainville Island, territory of Papua and New Guinea", Bull. Volc., v. 32 (1), pp. 121-138
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