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
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

Latest catalogue records. 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

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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Ulawun · No current eruption report · 2,334 m

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