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Central Bismarck Sea

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  • Papua New Guinea
  • Bismarck Sea Volcanic Back-Arc
  • Cluster | Fissure vent
  • 1972 CE
  • Country
  • Volcanic Province
  • Landform | Volc Type
  • Last Known Eruption
  • 3.03°S
  • 147.78°E

  • -1,300 m
    -4,265 ft

  • 250030
  • Latitude
  • Longitude

  • Summit
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports available for Central Bismarck Sea.

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The Global Volcanism Program has no synonyms or subfeatures listed for Central Bismarck Sea.

Eruptive History

There is data available for 1 confirmed Holocene eruptive periods.

1972 Jan 8 - 1972 Jan 12 Confirmed Eruption VEI: 0

Episode 1 | Eruption (Submarine)
1972 Jan 8 - 1972 Jan 12 Evidence from Observations: Hydrophonic
 Seismic activity recorded by SOFAR stations on 8, 9, and 12 January 1972 were similar to signals produced at known submarine volcanoes (Johnson et al., 1981).

List of 1 Events for Episode 1

Start Date End Date Event Type Event Remarks
1972 Jan 8    - - - - VEI (Explosivity Index)
Deformation History

There is no Deformation History data available for Central Bismarck Sea.

Emission History

There is no Emissions History data available for Central Bismarck Sea.

Photo Gallery

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GVP Map Holdings

Maps are not currently available due to technical issues.

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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database

There are no samples for Central Bismarck Sea in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.

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