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Manam Volcano - John Seach
Manam Island, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
4.10 S, 145.06 E,
summit elevation 1807 m
Stratovolcano
Manam volcano is located 16 km NNE of Bogia in Papua New Guinea. The island is circular and 10 km in diameter.
The lower slopes are vegetated, but the upper slopes are bare. There is no well defined crater.
Remnants of an old caldera are visible at an elevation of 900 m.
Manam Volcano eruption - John Seach
A large series of eruptions at Manam in November and December 2004 forced evacuations from the whole island. A pyroclastic flow at Manam Volcano on December 3 1996 killed 13 people in the village of Budua.
Manam volcano activity includes Strombolian and Pelean eruptions. In March 2007 a mudflow killed four people on Manam Island.
Manam Volcano
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Manam Island's
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Manam Volcano Eruptions
1974-2008, 1965-66, 1963-64, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1959-60, 1959, 1956-58, 1954, 1953, 1946-47, 1936-39, 1932-34, 1926-28, 1925, 1924?, 1923, 1922, 1920-21, 1919, 1917, 1909-14?, 1907?, 1904, 1904, 1901-02?, 1899, 1887-95, 1885, 1884?, 1887, 1830, 1700, 1643, 1616.