Volcano profile

Papua New Guinea

Witori.

Volcano profile for Witori 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
Caldera
Elevation
724 m
Last documented eruption
2012
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 6 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-5.5745°, 150.5161°
GVP number
252080

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No current eruption report

Papua New Guinea

Witori

Caldera

Elevation
724 m
Last documented eruption
2012
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-5.5745°, 150.5161°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
252080
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Witori · Papua New Guinea

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
3 May 201211 Jul 20122Confirmed eruption
28 Aug 200728 Aug 20071?Confirmed eruption
24 Feb 200424 Feb 20041?Uncertain eruption
3 Aug 200226 Mar 20033Confirmed eruption
16 Jul 193316 Aug 19332Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1920Uncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 191116 May 19183Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1800Uncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
1730Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1550Uncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
1450Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1050Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
950Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
710Uncertain datingNot available6Confirmed eruption
690Uncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
310Uncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
640 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1370 BCEUncertain datingNot available6Confirmed eruption
4000 BCEUncertain datingNot available6?Confirmed eruption
7510 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed 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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
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Witori · No current eruption report · 724 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Hoskins AirportPapua New Guinea · HKN · AYHK
    17.2 kmStraight-line distance
  • Gasmata Island AirportPapua New Guinea · GMI · AYGT
    80.1 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

KimbePapua New Guinea · 42.0 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

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