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Crater Mountain Volcano | John Seach
Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
6.58 S, 143.15 E
summit elevation 3233 m
stratovolcano
Crater Mountain is located in the highlands of New Guinea. Crater mountain is part of the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a 2700 sq km of spectacular scenery and traditional villages. Crater Mountain volcano comprises a chain of peaks over 3000m elevation, and is severely eroded.
There are several small cones, lava domes, and flows, which may have erupted in the past 10,000 years.
Further reading
Mackenzie, D.E. and Chappell, B.W., 1972. Shoshonitic and calc-alkaline lavas from the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 35(1), pp.50-62.
Crater Mountain Volcano Eruptions
Holocene eruptions.