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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Taro Taylor, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 223 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Ghaie”, “Matupi Crater”, and “Tavurvur Volcano”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rabaul.
Rabaul
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rabaul is the former provincial capital of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea. It was evacuated and nearly destroyed in 1994 when the nearby volcano Tavurvur erupted.
Tavurvur
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-4.23818° or 4° 14′ 17″ southLongitude
152.20922° or 152° 12′ 33″ eastElevation
223 metres (732 feet)Open location code
6R7JQ665+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 292046205OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Tavurvur from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tavurvur”. Photo: Taro Taylor, CC BY 2.0.