Dakataua, Papua New Guinea

Caldera · 408 m (1,339 ft) · New Britain-SW Pac

Dakataua is a caldera in Papua New Guinea, 408 m (1,339 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1800 to 1899. NOAA records 2 significant eruptions here.

Dakataua on the map

Dakataua 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: Caldera
Elevation: 408 m (1,339 ft)
Country: Papua New Guinea
Region: New Britain-SW Pac
Summit: 5.046° S, 150.100° E
Last known eruption: 1800 to 1899
Holocene activity known from: Anthropology
Smithsonian volcano number: 252040

Significant eruptions

2 on record, newest first.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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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.