WWII Gun
WWII Gun is in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. WWII Gun is situated nearby to Japanese WWII Bunker, as well as near Church of John Wesley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tavurvur and Vulcan.
Tavurvur
Volcano
Photo: Taro Taylor, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Vulcan
Volcano
Vulcan is a pumice cone in Papua New Guinea. It is a sub-vent of the Rabaul caldera and lies on its western rim. Its most recent eruption was in 1994, when it and another vent, Tavurvur, forced the city of Rabaul to be temporarily abandoned and the local administrative centres of East New Britain Province to be moved to a new capital, Kokopo. Vulcan is situated 4 km southwest of WWII Gun.
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.
WWII Gun
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Latitude
-4.24406° or 4° 14′ 39″ southLongitude
152.18978° or 152° 11′ 23″ eastOpen location code
6R7JQ54Q+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 5847488489OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Japanese WWII Bunker and Church of John Wesley.
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