Ulawun
Sign in to saveUlawun is a basaltic and andesitic stratovolcano in West New Britain Province, on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Ulawun
- Mountain.photo
- Ulawun.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Ulawun issuing passive steaming
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2334
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2334
- Mountain.map
- Papua New Guinea
- Mountain.map_caption
- Papua New Guinea
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.listing
- UltraRibu
- Mountain.location
- West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
- Mountain.formed_by
- Subduction zone volcanism
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.volcanic_arc
- Bismarck volcanic arc
- Mountain.last_eruption
- April 21, 2025
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Ulawun is a basaltic and andesitic stratovolcano in West New Britain Province, on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
About southwest of the township of Rabaul, Ulawun is the highest mountain in New Britain and the second in the Bismarck Archipelago at , and one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea. A total of 22 recorded eruptions have occurred since the 18th century; the first, in 1700, was recorded by William Dampier. Several thousand people live near the volcano. Because of its eruptive history and proximity to populated areas, Ulawun is considered one of the Decade Volcanoes.