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Viai volcano

Updated: Nov 29, 2023 09:39 GMT - refresh

Stratovolcano 58 m / 190 ft
Papua New Guinea, -3.39°S / 144.4°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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

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Background

The 4.5-km-long arcuate island of Viai (or Wei) is a remnant of a larger volcano. One thermal area is present on the N coast (Johnson et al. 1972).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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