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Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Waiowa
Record SL-858857 · Wikidata Q7960255

Waiowa

''Goropu''
No list classifications
Elevation
640 m
2,100 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
9.5667° S, 149.0750° E
Grid ref
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Description

Wikipedia

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.

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