Volcano profile

Papua New Guinea

Bagana.

Volcano profile for Bagana 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
Lava cone
Elevation
1,855 m
Last documented eruption
2026
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-6.137°, 155.196°
GVP number
255020

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No current eruption report

Papua New Guinea

Bagana

Lava cone

Elevation
1,855 m
Last documented eruption
2026
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-6.137°, 155.196°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Bougainville Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
GVP
255020
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Bagana · 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 Feb 2000Uncertain dating17 Mar 20262Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 19722 Jul 19952Confirmed eruption
21 May 197016 Aug 19712Confirmed eruption
16 Aug 196816 Aug 19682Confirmed eruption
20 Mar 196630 Nov 19673Confirmed eruption
24 Apr 19642 Jul 19652Confirmed eruption
15 Feb 19622 Jul 19632Confirmed eruption
26 Jul 1961Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1959Uncertain dating16 May 19602Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1956Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 195316 Sep 19533Confirmed eruption
29 Feb 195216 Oct 19524Confirmed eruption
1 Dec 19481 Dec 19513Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 19452 Jul 19472Confirmed eruption
7 Apr 1943Not available1Confirmed eruption
30 Jan 1939Not available2Confirmed eruption
15 May 1938Not available3Confirmed eruption
7 Sep 1937Not available3Confirmed eruption
16 Jul 1909Not available—Uncertain eruption
15 Jul 1908Not available2?Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1899Not available—Confirmed eruption
16 May 1897Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 18942 Jul 18952Confirmed eruption
31 Dec 1883Not available3Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1865Uncertain dating2 Jul 18832Confirmed eruption
15 Mar 1842Not available1Confirmed 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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Volcano at a glance

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Bagana · No current eruption report · 1,855 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Aropa AirportPapua New Guinea · KIE · AYIQ
    61.8 kmStraight-line distance
  • Buka AirportPapua New Guinea · BUA · AYBK
    98.3 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

ArawaPapua New Guinea · 42.2 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