Vulcan volcano

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active volcano stratovolcano

Vulcan volcano is an active stratovolcano on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea, known for its explosive eruptions that have repeatedly devastated the nearby town of Rabaul.

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Label Occurrences
Vulcan volcano canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
administrativeRegion East New Britain Province ⓘ
associatedWith Rabaul volcano ⓘ
surface form: Rabaul caldera
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
eruptionColumnType Plinian ⓘ
sub-Plinian ⓘ
eruptionConsequence damage to infrastructure in Rabaul ⓘ
evacuation of Rabaul residents ⓘ
eruptionFrequency intermittent ⓘ
eruptionHazardZone Rabaul area ⓘ
eruptionImpact destruction of parts of Rabaul ⓘ
eruptionProduct andesitic magma ⓘ
dacitic magma ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive ⓘ
formsPartOf Rabaul volcano ⓘ
surface form: Rabaul volcanic complex
geologicalAge Quaternary ⓘ
hasName Vulcan ⓘ
hazardType ash fall ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
knownFor devastating eruptions affecting Rabaul ⓘ
explosive eruptions ⓘ
lastMajorEruption 1994 ⓘ
locatedIn Bismarck Sea ⓘ
surface form: Bismarck Sea region

East New Britain Province ⓘ
Islands Region of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedNear Rabaul ⓘ
locatedOn New Britain ⓘ
island arc ⓘ
monitoringAgency Rabaul Volcanological Observatory ⓘ
surface form: Rabaul Volcano Observatory
nameLanguage English ⓘ
nearbySettlement Kokopo ⓘ
Rabaul ⓘ
nearbyVolcano Tavurvur ⓘ
partOf Bismarck volcanic arc ⓘ
region Melanesia ⓘ
riskTo Rabaul ⓘ
surrounding communities of Rabaul caldera ⓘ
significantEruption 1937 ⓘ
1994 ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction zone volcano ⓘ
volcanicExplosivityIndex high ⓘ
volcanicField Rabaul volcano ⓘ
surface form: Rabaul caldera system
volcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Rabaul → near → Vulcan volcano ⓘ
Tavurvur → formsComplexWith → Vulcan volcano ⓘ