Ulawun

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Ulawun is one of Papua New Guinea’s most active and dangerous stratovolcanoes, located on the island of New Britain.

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Label Occurrences
Ulawun canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano
alsoKnownAs The Father
country Papua New Guinea
elevation 2334 m
7660 ft
eruptionStyle Plinian
explosive
sub-Plinian
formedBy subduction of the Solomon Sea Plate beneath the South Bismarck Plate
globalVolcanismProgramID 0502-08
hasFrequentEruptionsSince 18th century
hasHazard ashfall
lahars
lava flows
pyroclastic flows
volcanic gas emissions
hasLatitude -5.05
hasLongitude 151.33
hasRiskOf large sector collapse
tsunami generation from flank collapse
hasSummitCrater yes
hasSymmetricalProfile yes
hasVolcanicExplosivityIndex VEI 4
VEI 5
isMajorSourceOf sulfur dioxide emissions in the region
isOneOf most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea
most dangerous volcanoes in Papua New Guinea
lastEruption 2023
locatedIn Bougainville volcanic arc
surface form: Bismarck volcanic arc

Melanesia
southwest Pacific Ocean
surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

West New Britain Province
locatedOn New Britain
monitoredBy Global Volcanism Program
Rabaul Volcanological Observatory
surface form: Rabaul Volcano Observatory
notableEruptionYear 1915
1970
1978
1980
2000
2019
partOf Bismarck Archipelago
produces basaltic-andesitic magma
threatens agricultural land
infrastructure
nearby villages
volcanicArcOrBelt Bismarck volcanic arc
volcanoType stratovolcano

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