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Tavui volcanocaldera 200? m / 656 feet
New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, -4.12°S / 152.2°E Current status: dormant (1 out of 5) [hide map] [enlarge map]
Typical eruption style: explosive
Tavui volcano eruptions: 5150 BC ± 1000 years Last earthquakes nearby:
The volcano was last active about 7000 years ago and might still be considered active. Background:From Smithsonian / GVP volcano information:The spectacular mostly submarine Tavui caldera lies off the NE tip of the Gazelle Peninsula north of Rabaul caldera. The caldera was first discovered during a bathymetric cruise in 1985. The SW wall of the roughly 10 x 12 km wide Tavui caldera cuts the NE tip of the peninsula and extends from Tavui Point at the northern tip of the peninsula SE to Laweo Point. The 7100-year-old Raluan Ignimbrite, initially thought to have originated from Rabaul caldera, is now thought to have been produced by an eruption of Tavui caldera. A basaltic scoria layer immediately underlies the rhyolitic ignimbrite, and the introduction of basaltic magma was considered to have triggered the rhyolitic eruption. The lack of a major low-velocity region detectable beneath the caldera during a seismic tomography survey suggests that it is not currently active. |
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