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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell is a 1,544 m caldera in Papua New Guinea, last erupted in 1580.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 1,544 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, thickness unknown
- Last eruption
- 1580
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 1580
- Eruptions
- 2 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 6.09°S 155.22°E · Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Bougainville Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 255011
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).