GVP volcano 252150 · no holder yet
Tavui
Tavui is a 200 m caldera in Papua New Guinea, last erupted around 4946 BCE.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 200 m above sea level
- Rock
- Rhyolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 4946 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 4946 BCE
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 4.11°S 152.21°E · Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Bismarck Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 252150
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).