Bagana
Encyclopedia
Bagana is an active volcano
located in the central part of the island of Bougainville
, Papua New Guinea
, the largest island of the Solomon group
. It is the most active volcano in the country. Just northeast of Bagana is the volcano crater lake Billy Mitchell
. Bagana is one of 17 post-Miocene strato volcanos on Bougainville. U.S. General Floyd L. Parks flew over the Solomon Islands
on October 27, 1948 and witnessed the eruption of Bagana. His photographs of Bagana erupting were published in Life magazine
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Volcano
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located in the central part of the island of Bougainville
Bougainville Island
Bougainville Island is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. This region is also known as Bougainville Province or the North Solomons. The population of the province is 175,160 , which includes the adjacent island of Buka and assorted outlying islands...
, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
, the largest island of the Solomon group
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
. It is the most active volcano in the country. Just northeast of Bagana is the volcano crater lake Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell (volcano)
Billy Mitchell is a volcano located in the central part of the island of Bougainville, just northeast of the Bagana Volcano, in Papua New Guinea. It is a small, pyroclastic shield truncated by a 2 km wide caldera filled by a crater lake....
. Bagana is one of 17 post-Miocene strato volcanos on Bougainville. U.S. General Floyd L. Parks flew over the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
on October 27, 1948 and witnessed the eruption of Bagana. His photographs of Bagana erupting were published in Life magazine
Life (magazine)
Life generally refers to three American magazines:*A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936. Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name....
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