Mount Lamington
Mount Lamington is an andesitic stratovolcano in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. The forested peak of the volcano had not been recognised as such until its devastating eruption in 1951 that caused about 3,000 deaths.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Mount Lamington
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,680 metres
- Description: andesitic stratovolcano in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.93215° or 8° 55′ 56″ southLongitude
148.16133° or 148° 9′ 41″ eastElevation
1,680 metres (5,512 feet)Open location code
6R3C3596+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 4387314224OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Lamington from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Mount Lamington” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Monte Lamington”
- Catalan: “mount Lamington”
- Cebuano: “Mount Lamington”
- Chinese: “拉明顿火山”
- Dutch: “Mount Lamington”
- Estonian: “Lamington”
- French: “mont Lamington”
- French: “Mont Lamington”
- German: “Lamington”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Lamington”
- Japanese: “ラミントン山”
- Korean: “래밍턴산”
- Ladin: “Mount Lamington”
- Persian: “کوه لمینگتون”
- Portuguese: “Monte Lamington”
- Russian: “Вулкан Ламингтон”
- Russian: “Ламингтон”
- Spanish: “Monte Lamington”
- Tok Pisin: “Lamington”
- Ukrainian: “Ламінгтон (вулкан)”
- Ukrainian: “Ламінгтон”
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