Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Pyroclastic shield · 688 m (2,257 ft) · New Britain-SW Pac

Rabaul is a pyroclastic shield in Papua New Guinea, 688 m (2,257 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records 7 significant eruptions here, which killed 519 people where the toll is counted.

Rabaul on the map

Rabaul 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: Pyroclastic shield
Elevation: 688 m (2,257 ft)
Country: Papua New Guinea
Region: New Britain-SW Pac
Summit: 4.246° S, 152.194° E
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 252140

Significant eruptions

7 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.