Dakataua

Dakataua
Dakataua lake on the north tip of the Willaumez Peninsula, left of the Pago volcano. On the right there is a steam plume over the sea from the Ulawun volcano.
Highest point
Elevation400 m (1,300 ft)
Coordinates5°3′20″S 150°6′30″E / 5.05556°S 150.10833°E / -5.05556; 150.10833
Geography
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Volcanic arc/beltBismarck volcanic arc
Last eruption1895 ± 5 years

The Dakataua Caldera is located at the northern tip of the Willaumez Peninsula, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The peninsula includes the 350 m high andesitic Mount Makalia stratovolcano.[1] The last major collapse of Dakataua was during the Holocene around 800 CE.[2] The most recent eruption on the caldera's rim was Mount Makalia in 1890, producing lava flows and cinder cones.[3]

  1. ^ "Dakataua". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. ^ "Holocene explosive eruptions of Witori and Dakataua caldera volcanoes in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea". Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dakataua Volcano World". Retrieved August 19, 2020.