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Rabaul caldera is seen here in 1984 beyond the sulfur-coated walls of Tavurvur crater, located on a post-caldera cone on the NE side of the caldera. Matupit Island lies across Greet Harbor, and the flat-topped Vulcan cone appears on the opposite side of the caldera below the low western caldera rim. Photo by Dan Dzurisin, 1984 (U.S. Geological Survey).

Rabaul caldera is seen here in 1984 beyond the sulfur-coated walls of Tavurvur crater, located on a post-caldera cone on the NE side of the caldera. Matupit Island lies across Greet Harbor, and the flat-topped Vulcan cone appears on the opposite side of the caldera below the low western caldera rim.

Photo by Dan Dzurisin, 1984 (U.S. Geological Survey).

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