GVP volcano 252080 · no holder yet
Witori
Witori is a 724 m caldera in Papua New Guinea, erupting as recently as 2012.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 724 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2012
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 710 CE
- Eruptions
- 19 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 5.57°S 150.52°E · Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Bismarck Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 252080
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).