This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Waiowa" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(June 2021)
After four months of volcanic earthquakes, small phreatic eruptions began on 18 September 1943, breaking through a layer of highly metamorphosed rocks, before the first major explosion occurred on 27 December 1943. Two more major explosions occurred on 13 February and 23 July 1944, creating pyroclastic flows and lahars, and leveling 80 km2 of forest. The eruption stopped on the final explosion on 31 August 1944. The volcano was capped with a 500 m wide, steep-walled crater that is now forested and contains a small lake.[1]
waiowa, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please,. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources Waiowa news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Waiowa also called Goropu is an isolated trachyandesitic volcano on New Guinea island Papua New Guinea It is located 19 km inland from Collingwood Bay in Oro Province It lies on a fault line along the northeast flank of the Owen Stanley metamorphic belt It is one of the planet s newest volcanoes it formed in September 1943 WaiowaGoropuWaiowa in eruption February 1944Highest pointElevation640 m 2 100 ft 1 Coordinates09 34 00 S 149 04 30 E 9 56667 S 149 07500 E 9 56667 149 07500 1 GeographyWaiowaPapua New Guinea New Guinea islandGeologyMountain typePyroclastic coneLast eruption1943 to 19441943 1944 eruption editAfter four months of volcanic earthquakes small phreatic eruptions began on 18 September 1943 breaking through a layer of highly metamorphosed rocks before the first major explosion occurred on 27 December 1943 Two more major explosions occurred on 13 February and 23 July 1944 creating pyroclastic flows and lahars and leveling 80 km2 of forest The eruption stopped on the final explosion on 31 August 1944 The volcano was capped with a 500 m wide steep walled crater that is now forested and contains a small lake 1 References edit a b c Waiowa Global Volcanism Program Smithsonian Institution Retrieved 2020 08 08 Volcanolive volcanolive com Volcano Discovery www volcanodiscovery com nbsp This volcanology article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Waiowa amp oldid 1176685023, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
