Mount Hagen (volcano)

Coordinates: 5°46′S 144°02′E / 5.77°S 144.03°E / -5.77; 144.03
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This article is about the volcano. For the city named after the volcano, see Mount Hagen.
Mount Hagen
Western Highlands and Enga Provinces, Papua New Guinea
Highest point
Western Highlands and Enga Provinces, Papua New Guinea
Parent rangeHagen Mountains
Geology
Age of rock210,000–380,000 years[2]
Mountain typeEroded stratovolcano
Last eruption~ 210,000 years ago

Mount Hagen (German: Hagensberg), named after the German colonial officer

Western Highlands and Enga Provinces, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of the city of Mount Hagen
which is named after it.

Mount Hagen is an old

glaciations. The maximum extent of the glaciers on Hagen was less than half that on the much higher Mount Giluwe, covering an area of up to 50 km2 (20 mi2) and extending down below 3,400 m (11,000 ft).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Hagen". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  2. doi:10.1080/00167617908729105
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  3. ^ Mackenzie, D. E. (1985). "Giluwe and Hagen; glaciated volcanoes in the rain forests of western PNG". Volcano News. 19–20: 7.

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