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Murray Volcano

Updated: Mar 28, 2024 19:16 GMT -
Stratovolcano 2254 m / 7395 ft
Papua New Guinea, -6.75°S / 144.02°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

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Background

The Pleistocene Mt. Murray stratovolcano straddles WNW-trending limestone ridges and contains a large 6-km-wide crater breached to the south that may have originated from slope failure (Johnson 1987). Two parasitic cones are situated on the NE and SE flanks.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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