Lihir, Papua New Guinea

Volcanic complex · 700 m (2,297 ft) · New Ireland-SW Pacif

Lihir is a volcanic complex in Papua New Guinea, 700 m (2,297 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Lihir on the map

Lihir 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: Volcanic complex
Elevation: 700 m (2,297 ft)
Country: Papua New Guinea
Region: New Ireland-SW Pacif
Summit: 3.125° S, 152.642° E
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 254010

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.

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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.