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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.