Tavurvur
Sign in to saveTavurvur is an active stratovolcano near Rabaul, on the island of New Britain, in Papua New Guinea. It is a sub-vent of the Rabaul caldera and lies on the eastern rim of the larger feature. An eruption of the volcano largely destroyed the nearby town of Rabaul in 1994.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Tavurvur
- Mountain.photo
- Tavurvur volcano 2.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Tavurvur erupting
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 688
- Mountain.location
- East New Britain,Papua New Guinea
- Mountain.map
- Papua New Guinea East New Britain#Papua New Guinea
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.type
- Cinder Cone volcano, vent of Rabaul caldera
- Mountain.last_eruption
- August to September 2014
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Tavurvur is an active stratovolcano near Rabaul, on the island of New Britain, in Papua New Guinea. It is a sub-vent of the Rabaul caldera and lies on the eastern rim of the larger feature. An eruption of the volcano largely destroyed the nearby town of Rabaul in 1994.
Mount Tavurvur is the most active volcano in Rabaul caldera, and erupted most recently on 29 August 2014.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tavurvur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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