Tavurvur

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Tavurvur is a highly active stratovolcano near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea, known for its frequent explosive eruptions and significant ash plumes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tavurvur canonical 5
Tavurvur main crater 1
Tavurvur volcano 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano
affects Rabaul
surface form: Rabaul harbour

Rabaul
surface form: Rabaul town
ashPlumesImpact regional air traffic
ashPlumesReach stratosphere
associatedWith Rabaul volcano
country Papua New Guinea
eruptedInYear 1937
1994
2006
2014
eruptionStyle explosive
strombolian
vulcanian
formsComplexWith Vulcan volcano
globalVolcanoNumber 252140
hasCrater Tavurvur self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tavurvur main crater
hasEruption 1937 Rabaul eruption
1994 Rabaul eruption
2006 eruption of Tavurvur
2014 eruption of Tavurvur
hazardType ashfall
lahars
pyroclastic flows
volcanic bombs
isTouristAttraction true
knownFor frequent explosive eruptions
large ash plumes
volcanic ash fall affecting Rabaul
lastKnownEruptionStartYear 2014
listedIn Global Volcanism Program
surface form: Global Volcanism Program database
locatedIn Bismarck volcanic arc
East New Britain Province
locatedNear Rabaul
locatedOn New Britain
majorEruptionDate 1994-09-19
2014-08-29
monitoringAgency Rabaul Volcanological Observatory
nearbySettlement Matupit Island NERFINISHED
nearbyWaterBody Simpson Harbour
overlies New Britain Trench subduction system
partOf Bismarck volcanic arc
surface form: Bismarck volcanic province

Garua Harbour volcanic complex
surface form: Rabaul caldera
subductionOf Pacific Plate
tectonicSetting subduction zone
volcanicExplosivityIndex up to VEI 4
volcanoType stratovolcano

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Britain hasActiveVolcano Tavurvur
Rabaul near Tavurvur
this entity surface form: Tavurvur volcano
Tavurvur hasCrater Tavurvur self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tavurvur main crater
Kokopo nearbyVolcanoes Tavurvur
Vulcan volcano nearbyVolcano Tavurvur
Blanche Bay nearVolcano Tavurvur