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Long Island Volcano, Papua New Guinea

 Long Island Volcano, Papua New Guinea, Volcano photo


Long Island Volcano, Papua New Guinea

The broad profile of hexagonal-shaped Long Island, seen here from the east, is dominated by two steep-sided stratovolcanoes, Mount Reaumur in the north (center) and Cerisy Peak in the south.

The volcano was named in 1700 by explorer William Dampier, who described it as a "long island, with a high hill at each end."

Collapse of the volcanic complex during at least three major explosive eruption about 16,000, 4000, and 300 years ago produced a large 10 x 12.5 km caldera, whose low rim appears at the right.

PHOTO SOURCE: Russel Blong, 1976 (Macquarie University), courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, used with permission.


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