Éruption volcanique

Eruption of St. Andrew Strait

350 · Papua New Guinea

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Quand
350
Type
Éruption volcanique
Position
Papua New Guinea
Coordonnées
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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