Lamington, Papua New Guinea

Stratovolcano · 1,680 m (5,512 ft) · New Guinea

Lamington is a stratovolcano in Papua New Guinea, 1,680 m (5,512 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1900 to 1963. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 2,942 people where the toll is counted.

Lamington on the map

Lamington 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: 1,680 m (5,512 ft)
Country: Papua New Guinea
Region: New Guinea
Summit: 8.950° S, 148.150° E
Last known eruption: 1900 to 1963
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 253010

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

January 21, 1951VEI 4 · 2,942 deaths

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.