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Sakar Volcano - John Seach
Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
5.414 S, 148.094 E
summit elevation 992 m
stratovolcano
Sakar volcano is located 36 km west of Cape Gloucester on the west coast of New Britain, and 17.5 km NNE of Rooke Island. The island is 9.6 km from north to south, and 8 km east to west. The volcano is regarded as dormant.
In 1878 there was a mention of an eruption by Powell in a book titled "Wanderings in a Wild Country", but residents of the island have no record of an eruption.
There are hot springs along the SW coast, and possible solfatara activity on NW edge of the crater lake.
Sakar Volcano Eruptions
Old lava flows are visible at Sakar indicating eruptions within the past 10,000 years.