Bougainville Island, North Solomons Province,
Papua New Guinea
6.145 S, 155.347 E
summit elevation 650 m
Stratovolcano
Bakanovi Volcano is located 16 km east of Bagana volcano on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. The volcano is small and deeply eroded, and sits in an eroded 4 km diameter caldera.
The volcano is deeply eroded and has probably not erupted for a few hundred thousand years. Lava flows and pyroclastic flow deposits indicate a history of explosive and effuse eruptions.
No recent eruptions.