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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Sakar
The small circular island at the top-center is Sakar, the NE-most of a chain of volcanic islands off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The 8 x 10 km wide island, seen in this Space Shuttle image with north to the upper left, is an incised stratovolcano with a summit crater lake. The 50-km-wide island of Umboi, whose left side is cut by a large caldera breached to the NE, fills the center of the image. NASA Space Shuttle image STS50-100-D, 1992 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
Volcano Number:
251080
Volcano Name:
Sakar
Country:
Papua New Guinea
Volcano Type:
Stratovolcano
Elevation:
947m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
149
Pop. within 10km:
160
Pop. within 30km:
1176
Pop. within 100km:
58544
Latitude:
-5.4098
Longitude:
148.0836
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Sakar is an incised stratovolcano with a summit crater lake. Deep valleys cut the flanks of the volcano, which is partially surrounded by coral reefs. An older volcano that forms much of the island consists mainly of porphyritic basaltic rocks. A younger andesitic cone with a 1.5-km-wide crater has been constructed within the larger old crater, whose rim is exposed on the N and E. No eruptions have been reported, but warm springs are found along the SW coast, and a pyroclastic cone on the southern flank of the 8 x 10 km island may be of Holocene age (Johnson, 1990 pers. comm.). A large submarine debris-avalanche deposit lies north of Sakar.
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Eruption Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
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Emissions Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
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Data from the Earthchem Library
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Data from the SESAR Database
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Data from the MaGa Database
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