Pago (Papua New Guinea)

Pago
Pago
	Pago on the left
Highest point
Elevation	742 m (2,434 ft)
Coordinates	5°35′0″S 150°31′0″E / 5.58333°S 150.51667°E
Geography
	Pago New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Geology
Rock age	350 years ago
Volcanic arc	Bismarck volcanic arc
Last eruption	May to July 2012

The volcano Pago is located East of Kimbe, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Pago is a young post-caldera cone within the Witori Caldera. The Buru Caldera cuts the SW flank of the Witori volcano. Biggest eruptions were at 4000±200 BC, VEI 6, 10 cubic kilometres (2.5 mi.³); 1370±100 BC, VEI6, 30 km³ (7 mi.³); and 710±75 AD, VEI 6, 20 km³ (5 mi.³) of tephra.^[1]

Pago erupted 8 times in the 500 years to 2002, including a major eruption in 1933. In 2002 the threat of a major eruption of Pago caused the evacuation of 15,000 people.^[2] Five volcanic explosive ash-plume advisories were issued related to Pago in the months May–July 2012.^[3]

References

^ "Large Holocene Eruptions". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013.
^ Mason, Betty; Dixon, Nicola (11 October 2002). "Pago poised to blow its top". New Scientist. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ Wunderman, Rick; Herrick, Julie; Kuhn Sennert, Sally; Andrews, Benjamin (September 2013). "Pago". Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network. 38 (9): 1–2.

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[largeeruptions-1] "Large Holocene Eruptions". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013.

[Mason-Dixon-2] Mason, Betty; Dixon, Nicola (11 October 2002). "Pago poised to blow its top". New Scientist. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[Wunderman_et_al-3] Wunderman, Rick; Herrick, Julie; Kuhn Sennert, Sally; Andrews, Benjamin (September 2013). "Pago". Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network. 38 (9): 1–2.

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