Volcano profile

Papua New Guinea

Ulawun.

Volcano profile for Ulawun 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
2,334 m
Last documented eruption
2025
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-5.05°, 151.33°
GVP number
252120

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Papua New Guinea

Ulawun

Stratovolcano

Elevation
2,334 m
Last documented eruption
2025
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-5.05°, 151.33°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Bismarck Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
252120
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Ulawun · Papua New Guinea

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
27 Mar 20257 Apr 20252Confirmed eruption
18 Jul 202331 Dec 20233Confirmed eruption
28 Mar 202328 Mar 20231Confirmed eruption
2 Jun 20222 Jun 20222Confirmed eruption
9 Jul 202129 Nov 20212Confirmed eruption
26 Jun 20195 Oct 20194Confirmed eruption
21 Sep 201812 Oct 20182Confirmed eruption
8 Jun 20188 Jun 20181Confirmed eruption
11 Jun 20173 Nov 20171Confirmed eruption
11 Oct 201618 Nov 20161Confirmed eruption
8 Jul 201321 Dec 20131Confirmed eruption
6 Nov 201211 Dec 20121Confirmed eruption
7 May 201231 May 20121Confirmed eruption
26 May 201027 May 20112?Confirmed eruption
25 Dec 2007Not available1?Uncertain eruption
1 May 20071 May 20072Confirmed eruption
1 Mar 200618 Jan 20072Confirmed eruption
27 Mar 20059 Aug 20052Confirmed eruption
12 Apr 200414 Apr 20042Confirmed eruption
14 Apr 200310 Oct 20032Confirmed eruption
22 Aug 20023 Nov 20022Confirmed eruption
28 Aug 200128 Aug 20012Confirmed eruption
16 Jan 20013 May 20013Confirmed eruption
28 Sep 20001 Nov 20004Confirmed eruption
20 Oct 199920 Oct 19991Confirmed eruption
19 Apr 199416 Jun 19941Confirmed eruption
12 Jan 199331 Jan 19932Confirmed eruption
1 Jan 198916 Dec 19892Confirmed eruption
17 Nov 198522 Nov 19853Confirmed eruption
30 Dec 198427 Jan 19851Confirmed eruption
23 Aug 198411 Sep 19841Confirmed eruption
6 Nov 198313 Mar 19841Confirmed eruption
6 Oct 19807 Oct 19803Confirmed eruption
7 May 197814 May 19783Confirmed eruption
4 Oct 197319 Oct 19732Confirmed eruption
15 Jan 197011 Feb 19703Confirmed eruption
22 Jan 196728 Dec 19672Confirmed eruption
17 Mar 19632 May 19632Confirmed eruption
29 Jul 196016 Nov 19622Confirmed eruption
1 Feb 1958Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1951Not available—Uncertain eruption
26 Jan 194126 Jan 19412Confirmed eruption
16 May 1937Not available—Uncertain eruption
16 Jul 192717 Sep 19272Confirmed eruption
28 May 1919Not available2Confirmed eruption
21 Jul 1918Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 1915Not available3Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1898Not available3Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1878Not available2Confirmed eruption
11 Mar 1700Not available2Confirmed 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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Ulawun · No current eruption report · 2,334 m

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