Volcano profile

Papua New Guinea

Karkar.

Volcano profile for Karkar 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
1,839 m
Last documented eruption
1979
Coordinates
-4.647°, 145.976°
GVP number
251030

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No current eruption report

Papua New Guinea

Karkar

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,839 m
Last documented eruption
1979
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-4.647°, 145.976°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
251030
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Karkar · Papua New Guinea

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
26 Mar 201427 Mar 20141Uncertain eruption
29 Jan 201315 Mar 2013?3Uncertain eruption
1 Feb 20121 Feb 2012?3Uncertain eruption
25 Feb 201026 Feb 20101Uncertain eruption
1 May 2009Not available—Uncertain eruption
7 Jan 198017 Jan 19801Uncertain eruption
12 Jan 19799 Aug 19792Confirmed eruption
30 Dec 197426 Jun 19752Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

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

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Volcano at a glance

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Karkar · No current eruption report · 1,839 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Madang AirportPapua New Guinea · MAG · AYMD
    65.6 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC