Eruption of Billy Mitchell
années 1030 · 6.09° S, 155.23° E
Billy Mitchell is a dormant pyroclastic shield volcano in central Bougainville, just north-east of the Bagana Volcano in Papua New Guinea. It is a small pyroclastic shield truncated by a 2 km wide caldera filled by a crater lake.
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Ce que disent les sources
- Quand
- années 1030
- Type
- Éruption volcanique
- Coordonnées
- 6.09° S, 155.23° E
- Vei
- 5
- Date uncertainty
- ± 23 years
- Dated by
- Isotopic: 14C (uncalibrated)
- Volcano number
- 255011
- Eruption number
- 15111
- Vei modifier
- +
Billy Mitchell (volcano)
Volcano in Papua New Guinea
Billy Mitchell is a dormant pyroclastic shield volcano in central Bougainville, just north-east of the Bagana Volcano in Papua New Guinea. It is a small pyroclastic shield truncated by a 2 km wide caldera filled by a crater lake. It is named after Billy Mitchell, a 20th-century United States Army general who is sometimes regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.
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La source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Page source