Vulkanausbruch

Eruption of St. Andrew Strait

350 · Papua New Guinea

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Wann
350
Art
Vulkanausbruch
Position
Papua New Guinea
Koordinaten
2.38° S, 147.35° E
Volcano type
Complex volcano

St. Andrew Strait

Volcano in Papua New Guinea

St. Andrew Strait is a compound volcano in Papua New Guinea that has had eruptions in historical times. The volcano is not linked to any tectonic plates, the volcano is also in an area of very few earthquakes, suggesting that St. Andrew Strait is an Intraplate volcano. It consists of a group of Quaternary volcanic cones that are mainly rhyolitic in composition.

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