GVP volcano 253040 · no holder yet
Sessagara Hills
Sessagara Hills is a 493 m volcanic field in Papua New Guinea, last erupted in 1944.
- Type
- Volcanic field (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 493 m above sea level
- Rock
- Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1944
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1943
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 9.55°S 149.13°E · Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Trobriand Volcanic Province, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 253040
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).