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Mount Balbi

Mount Balbi
Mountain information
NameMount Balbi
Elevation8907.5 ft (2715 m)
Prominence8907.5 ft (2715 m)
ListingUltra
LocationBougainville, Papua New Guinea
RangeEmperor Range
TypeStratovolcano
AgeAppr. 10 to 12 000 years ago
Last eruptionNot in historic time

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Mount Balbi is a Holocene stratovolcano located in the northern portion of the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It is the highest point of the island. There are five volcanic craters along a ridge north of the summit, one of which contains a crater lake. There are numerous fumaroles near the craters, though Balbi has not erupted in historic time.


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