Pago (Papua New Guinea)

Volcano in Papua New Guinea

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 / -5.58333; 150.51667
Geography

Pago

New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Geology
Rock age| 350 years ago
Volcanic arc/belt| 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

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1. ^ "Large Holocene Eruptions". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013.
2. ^ Mason, Betty; Dixon, Nicola (11 October 2002). "Pago poised to blow its top". New Scientist. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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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