1890 Eruption of Victory
Victory in Papua New Guinea erupted in 1890 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2.
Where it erupted
Victory, Papua New Guinea, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- 1890
- Volcano
- Victory, stratovolcano
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 2, moderate (eruption column 1 to 5 km)
- Killed by
- Pyroclastic flows, surges and direct blasts
- Location
- 9.200° S, 149.072° E
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Deaths reported by local people in 1880-1890 AD eruption. (reference #9675)
More
Every eruption in 1890The 1800sVictoryEarthquakes near Victory
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. NCEI event 4443.