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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Boisa
The small, 1.4 x 1.7 Boisa Island is seen here in the foreground from the west with steaming Manam volcano in the distance. Boisa consists of a cone with a summit crater open to the N, and a rim extending to the E coast. The crater of the topographically indistinct stratovolcano is filled by two steep-sided lava domes, the largest of which (left) forms the high point of the island. Photo by Tony Taylor, 1963 (courtesy of Wally Johnson, Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources).
Volcano Number:
251011
Volcano Name:
Boisa
Country:
Papua New Guinea
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Elevation:
240m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
139
Pop. within 10km:
1343
Pop. within 30km:
18874
Pop. within 100km:
177478
Latitude:
-3.994
Longitude:
144.963
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The small, 1.4 x 1.7 km Boisa, or Aris Island consists of a large basaltic-andesitic cone with a summit crater open to the north whose rim extends to the island's east coast. The crater of the basaltic older cone is filled by two steep-sided andesitic lava domes, the highest of which forms the 240-m high point of the island. A third lava dome, separated from the eastern cone by a low saddle, forms a peninsula on the western side of the island. No historical eruptions or present-day thermal activity have been observed, although the last eruption may have been quite recent judging by the youthful morphology of the island (Gust and Johnson, 1981).
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Eruption Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
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Data from the SESAR Database
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