Volcano profile

Papua New Guinea

Bam.

Volcano profile for Bam in Papua New Guinea, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
685 m
Last documented eruption
1960
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 3 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-3.613°, 144.818°
GVP number
251010

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Papua New Guinea

Bam

Stratovolcano

Elevation
685 m
Last documented eruption
1960
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-3.613°, 144.818°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
251010
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Bam · Papua New Guinea

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
28 Apr 19606 Jul 19602Confirmed eruption
2 Apr 195931 Oct 19592Confirmed eruption
5 Sep 195810 Sep 19582Confirmed eruption
11 Mar 195819 Apr 19582Confirmed eruption
26 Oct 195726 Oct 19571Confirmed eruption
3 Aug 19542 Jan 19572Confirmed eruption
13 Mar 1947Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1944Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Jul 193616 Apr 1939—Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1924Not available2Confirmed eruption
18 Sep 1918Not available—Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1913Not available—Confirmed eruption
19 Apr 190913 Sep 19092Confirmed eruption
12 Jul 1908Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Nov 1907Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 18972 Jul 1898—Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1888Not available—Uncertain eruption
20 May 1885Not available—Uncertain eruption
16 Mar 1883Not available—Uncertain eruption
13 Nov 1877Not available3Confirmed eruption
20 May 1874Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1872Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Bam · No current eruption report · 685 m

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC