GVP volcano 251070 · no holder yet
Ritter Island
Ritter Island is a 75 m stratovolcano in Papua New Guinea, erupting as recently as 2007.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 75 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2007
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1700
- Eruptions
- 8 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 5.52°S 148.12°E · Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Bismarck Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 251070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).