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    Sessagara Hills

    Volcanic field · 493 m · Papua New Guinea

    Sessagara Hills
    Photo: Photo courtesy of Jim Luhr (Smithsonian Institution, published in Baker, 1946) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

    Sessagara Hills sits on the Australian Plate, in a subduction zone. 1 eruption is known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1944.

    Elevation
    493 m
    Type
    Volcanic field
    Tectonic Setting
    Subduction zone, continental crust
    Dominant Rock
    Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite
    Plate
    Australian Plate
    Country
    Papua New Guinea
    Last Eruption
    1944
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    1
    Max. Explosivity (VEI)
    3

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    1943 · VEI 3 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 14991500180019002000

    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