GVP volcano 251030 · no holder yet
Karkar
Karkar is a 1,839 m stratovolcano in Papua New Guinea, last erupted in 1979.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,839 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1979
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 730 CE
- Eruptions
- 11 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 4.65°S 145.98°E · Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Bismarck Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 251030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).