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Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Loloru
The summit of Loloru on SE Bougainville Island has two nested calderas and forested lava dome within the younger one. Loloru is constructed within the 10 x 15 km Pleistocene Laluai caldera; part of the rim of this outer caldera is seen at the lower right. Pyroclastic flow deposits from the volcano cover much of the southern part of the island. The most recent of several major Holocene explosive eruptions took place about 3,000 years ago. Photo by Wally Johnson, 1988 (Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources).
Volcano Number:
255030
Volcano Name:
Loloru
Country:
Papua New Guinea
Volcano Type:
Compound
Last Eruption:
1050 BCE
Elevation:
1887m
Tectonic Setting:
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
Pop. within 5km:
1
Pop. within 10km:
173
Pop. within 30km:
26075
Pop. within 100km:
97088
Latitude:
-6.52
Longitude:
155.62
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Loloru, the SE-most volcano on Bougainville Island, is the source of a broad ignimbrite apron that covers much of the southern part of the island. The summit consists of two nested calderas, and a forested andesitic lava dome that restricts a crescent-shaped lake to the eastern side of the younger caldera. The smooth flanks of the pyroclastic shield are dissected by radiating deep valleys. A pristine lava flow occurs on the SE flank. Loloru is constructed within the 10 x 15 km Pleistocene Laluai caldera. The topographically higher Taroka group of volcanoes to the NW and the Takuan group to the north also were constructed within the caldera and deflected the bulk of Loloru ignimbrites to the south. The most recent of several major Holocene explosive eruptions took place about 3,000 years ago.
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