GVP volcano 251050 · no holder yet
Long Island
Long Island is a 1,263 m volcanic complex in Papua New Guinea, last erupted in 1993.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,263 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1993
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 1660
- Eruptions
- 11 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 5.31°S 147.10°E · Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Bismarck Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 251050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).