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.
Rabaul
Rabaul is the former provincial capital of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
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
natural = volcano
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Venetian—“Tavurvur” goes by many names.
TavurvurBreton
ТавурвурBulgarian
Mount TavurvurCebuano
塔乌鲁火山Chinese
TavurvurCzech
TavurvurDutch
جبل تاڤورڤورEgyptian Arabic
TavurvurEsperanto
טבורבורHebrew
TavurvurHungarian
Gunung TavurvurIndonesian
TavurvurIndonesian
TavurvurItalian
HanabukiyamaJapanese
タブルブル山Japanese
はなぶきやまJapanese
花吹山Japanese
타부르부르산Korean
TavurvurLadin
TavurvurNorwegian
TavurvurNorwegian Bokmål
تاووروورPersian
TavurvurPolish
ТавурвурRussian
TavurvurSwedish
ТавурвурUkrainian
TavurvurVenetian
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