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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Tavui
The mostly submarine Tavui caldera at the NE end of New Britain lies off the tip of the Gazelle Peninsula. The SW wall of the roughly 10 x 12 km wide caldera, its margins crudely shown on this image, cuts the NE tip of the peninsula. Tavui caldera, much less known than Rabaul caldera to the S, was first discovered during a bathymetric cruise in 1985. Light ash-covered areas from the 1994 Rabaul eruption can be seen at the western and NE margins of Rabaul caldera in this 1999 NASA Space Shuttle image. NASA Space Shuttle image STS103-733-52, 1999 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).
Volcano Number:
252150
Volcano Name:
Tavui
Country:
Papua New Guinea
Volcano Type:
Caldera
Last Eruption:
4946 BCE
Elevation:
200m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km:
30373
Pop. within 10km:
30373
Pop. within 30km:
152530
Pop. within 100km:
259182
Latitude:
-4.1089
Longitude:
152.2134
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The mostly submarine Tavui caldera lies off the NE tip of the Gazelle Peninsula north of Rabaul caldera. The caldera was first discovered during a bathymetric cruise in 1985. The SW wall of the roughly 10 x 12 km caldera cuts the NE end of the peninsula and extends from Tavui Point at the northern tip of the peninsula SE to Laweo Point. The 7,100-year-old Raluan Ignimbrite, initially thought to have originated from Rabaul, is now thought to have been produced by an eruption of Tavui. A basaltic scoria layer immediately underlies the rhyolitic ignimbrite, and the introduction of basaltic magma was considered to have triggered the rhyolitic eruption. The lack of a major low-velocity region detectable beneath the caldera during a seismic tomography survey suggests that it is not currently active.
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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 SESAR Database
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