GVP volcano 253010 · no holder yet
Lamington
Lamington is a 1,680 m stratovolcano in Papua New Guinea, last erupted in 1956.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,680 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1956
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1951
- Eruptions
- 3 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 8.95°S 148.15°E · Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Trobriand Volcanic Province, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 253010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).