Location: 5.5S, 148.4E
Elevation: 1,330 m
last update: July 16, 2002
Volcanoes of the eastern part of the western arc, south Bismarck Sea.
From Ball and Johnson (1976).
July 16, 2002
A pilot reported a 3.4-km high ash cloud on July 11. This observation was not supported by satellite imagery.
This information was summarized from the GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
Sources of Information:
Ball, E.E., and Johnson, R.W., 1976, Volcanic history of Long Island, Papua New Guinea, in Johnson, R.W., ed., 1976, Volcanism in Australia: Amsterdam, Elsevier, p. 133-147.
Fisher, N.H., 1957, Part V, Melanesia: Catalogue of the active volcanoes of the world, International Association of Volcanology, Rome, Italy, 105 p.
Francis, P., 1994, Volcanoes a planetary perspective: Oxford University Press, New York, 443 p.
Johnson, R.W., ed., 1976, Volcanism in Australia: Amsterdam, Elsevier, 405 p.
Simkin, T., and Siebert, L., 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona, 349 p.
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