Emperor Range
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Emperor Range is a volcanic mountain range on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, known for containing the highly active Bagana volcano.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mount Balbi | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain range
ⓘ
volcanic mountain range ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion | Autonomous Region of Bougainville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| contains |
Bagana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Balbi NERFINISHED ⓘ Takuan Group NERFINISHED ⓘ multiple volcanic centers ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| drainageRole | source of rivers on Bougainville Island ⓘ |
| elevation | 2685 m ⓘ |
| formedBy | subduction of Solomon Sea Plate beneath Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Quaternary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalFeature | chain of volcanic edifices ⓘ |
| geologicalNature | volcanic arc ⓘ |
| hasVolcano |
Bagana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Balbi NERFINISHED ⓘ Takuan Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hazard |
ashfall
ⓘ
lahars ⓘ lava flows ⓘ volcanic eruptions ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Balbi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOnIslandArc | North Solomon Islands arc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Autonomous Region of Bougainville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Melanesia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Bougainville Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
New Britain Trench
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody |
Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frequent eruptions of Bagana
ⓘ
high volcanic activity ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bismarck volcanic arc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bougainville Island interior highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | mountainous interior of Bougainville Island ⓘ |
| significance | major volcanic center in Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | subduction zone ⓘ |
| vegetation | dense rainforest ⓘ |
| volcanicActivity | ongoing ⓘ |
| volcanicRockTypes |
andesite
ⓘ
basaltic andesite ⓘ |
| volcanismType | stratovolcano-dominated ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.