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Billy Mitchell
Caldera · 1,544 m · Papua New Guinea
Billy Mitchell sits on the Pacific Plate, in a subduction zone. 2 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1580.
- Elevation
- 1,544 m
- Type
- Caldera
- Tectonic Setting
- Subduction zone
- Dominant Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Last Eruption
- 1580
- Known Eruptions (Holocene)
- 2
- Max. Explosivity (VEI)
- 6
Eruption Timeline
Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).
Eruption Uncertain Date
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata