GVP volcano 252040 · no holder yet
Dakataua
Dakataua is a 408 m caldera in Papua New Guinea, last erupted in 1895.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 408 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1895
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 653 CE
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 5.04°S 150.10°E · Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Bismarck Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 252040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).