Tavui, Papua New Guinea

Caldera · 200 m (656 ft) · New Britain-SW Pac

Tavui is a caldera in Papua New Guinea, 200 m (656 ft) high. Its last known eruption: bC (Holocene). NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Tavui on the map

Tavui 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: 200 m (656 ft)
Country: Papua New Guinea
Region: New Britain-SW Pac
Summit: 4.109° S, 152.213° E
Last known eruption: BC (Holocene)
Holocene activity known from: Radiocarbon
Smithsonian volcano number: 252150

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.

Earthquakes near Tavui Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

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.