Baluan

Baluan is a stratovolcano on Baluan Island in the Admiralty Islands. The volcano is considered dormant, though warm springs are present on the island and in 1931 there were unconfirmed reports of an active submarine vent nearby.[1]

Baluan
Highest point
Elevation254 m (833 ft)
Prominence254 m (833 ft) 
Coordinates2.57°S 147.28°E / -2.57; 147.28 (Baluan)
Geography
LocationPapua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionPleistocene era, possibly into the Holocene era

References

  1. "Global Volcanism Program | Baluan". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
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