Kadovar

Off New Guinea

SUMMARY

Type: composite
Activity: dormant
Last Eruption: 1700
Rock Type: ?
Eruptive Volume: ?
Location Map from Xerox PARC
Latitude: 3.62 S
Longitude: 144.62 E

Geologic Background:

The 2-km-wide island of Kadovar is the emergent summit of a Bismarck Sea stratovolcano of Holocene age. A 365-m-high lava dome forming the high point of the island fills an arcuate landslide scarp that is open to the south.

Historic Activity:

  • No certain historical eruptions are known.

Recent Activity:

  • The latest activity was a period of heightened thermal phenomena in 1976.

Data Sources:

  • Smithsonian's SEAN Bulletin (V. 1, No. 14 to V. 6, No. 3)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Last Update: 12/15/00