Volcano profile

Papua New Guinea

Takuan Group.

Volcano profile for Takuan Group 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
Compound volcano
Elevation
2,210 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
Coordinates
-6.442°, 155.608°
GVP number
255021

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Papua New Guinea

Takuan Group

Compound volcano

Elevation
2,210 m
Last documented eruption
Not available
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-6.442°, 155.608°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Bougainville Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Crustal thickness unknown
GVP
255021
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Takuan Group · Papua New Guinea

Documented eruptions

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

No eruption history is available for this volcano in the included dataset.

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.

  • No recorded events in this selection.
Nearby earthquakes ↗

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Takuan Group · No current eruption report · 2,210 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Aropa AirportPapua New Guinea · KIE · AYIQ
    20.2 kmStraight-line distance
  • Ballalae AirportSolomon Islands · BAS · AGGE
    68.3 kmStraight-line distance
  • Choiseul Bay AirportSolomon Islands · CHY · AGGC
    92.1 kmStraight-line distance

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

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 · 24.1 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

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