Tangi volcano

Updated: Aug 12, 2022 17:42 GMT - Refresh

Stratovolcano 1524 m / 5000 ft
Papua New Guinea, -5.67°S / 148.4°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Tangi 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

The dissected Tangi stratovolcano, occupying the southern end of New Britain's Cape Gloucester Peninsula, contains a breached summit crater and a single flank cone on the SW flank. The degree of erosional dissection suggests activity ceased during the Pleistocene (Johnson et al. 1971).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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