Tavurvur
Tavurvur is an active stratovolcano near Rabaul, on the island of New Britain, in Papua New Guinea. It is a sub-vent of the Rabaul caldera and lies on the eastern rim of the larger feature.
- Volcano rising to 223 metres (732 feet)
- Description: mountain
- Also known as“Ghaie”“Matupi Crater”“Tavurvur Volcano”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rabaul.
Tavurvur
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Latitude
-4.23818° or 4° 14′ 17″ south
Longitude
152.20922° or 152° 12′ 33″ east
Open location code
6R7JQ665+PM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Venetian—“Tavurvur” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Tavurvur”
- Bulgarian: “Тавурвур”
- Cebuano: “Mount Tavurvur”
- Chinese: “塔乌鲁火山”
- Czech: “Tavurvur”
- Dutch: “Tavurvur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تاڤورڤور”
- Esperanto: “Tavurvur”
- French: “Tavurvur”
- German: “Tavurvur”
- Hebrew: “טבורבור”
- Hungarian: “Tavurvur”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Tavurvur”
- Indonesian: “Tavurvur”
- Italian: “Tavurvur”
- Japanese: “Hanabukiyama”
- Japanese: “タブルブル山”
- Japanese: “はなぶきやま”
- Japanese: “花吹山”
- Korean: “타부르부르산”
- Ladin: “Tavurvur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tavurvur”
- Norwegian: “Tavurvur”
- Persian: “تاووروور”
- Polish: “Tavurvur”
- Portuguese: “Tavurvur”
- Russian: “Тавурвур”
- Spanish: “Tavurvur”
- Swedish: “Tavurvur”
- Ukrainian: “Тавурвур”
- Venetian: “Tavurvur”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Matupit Number 1 and Tongaru.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mt Tavurvur Crater Viewpoint and South Daughter.
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