Bosavi

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Papua New Guinea, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Kde

Papua New Guinea, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

2 397 m

Poloha

-6,580°, 142,820°

Mt. Bosavi is a truncated Pleistocene basaltic to andesitic stratovolcano with a 5-km-wide erosion caldera enlarged by the Turama River through a narrow breach on the SE. A group of cones, craters and maars are scattered over the plains to the SW of Bosavi (Mackenzie and Johnson, 1984).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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