Bamus, Papua New Guinea

Stratovolcano · 2,248 m (7,375 ft) · New Britain-SW Pac

Bamus is a stratovolcano in Papua New Guinea, 2,248 m (7,375 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1800 to 1899. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Bamus on the map

Bamus and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 2,248 m (7,375 ft)
Country: Papua New Guinea
Region: New Britain-SW Pac
Summit: 5.200° S, 151.230° E
Last known eruption: 1800 to 1899
Holocene activity known from: Anthropology
Smithsonian volcano number: 252110

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Bamus Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.