Mount Balbi | |
Photo Size: | 260 |
Elevation M: | 2715 |
Prominence M: | 2715 |
Map: | Papua New Guinea |
Map Size: | 275 |
Label Position: | left |
Listing: | Ultra |
Location: | Bougainville, Papua New Guinea |
Range: | Emperor Range |
Coordinates: | -5.9142°N 154.9825°W |
Type: | Stratovolcano |
Age: | Appr. 10 to 12 000 years ago |
Last Eruption: | Not in historic time |
Mount Balbi is a Holocene stratovolcano located in the northern portion of the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. A gentle prominence at -5.9025°N 154.9911°W is the highest point of the island. There are five volcanic craters east of the summit, one of which contains a crater lake. The summit is composed of coalesced cones and lava domes which host a large solfatara field.[1] There are numerous fumaroles near the craters, though Balbi has not erupted in historic time.