Musa River (volcano)

Musa River
Highest point
Elevation 808 m (2,651 ft)
Coordinates 9°18′29″S 148°07′48″E / 9.308°S 148.13°E / -9.308; 148.13 (Musa River) [1]
Geography
Location New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Geology
Mountain type Hot springs[2]
Last eruption Unknown[3]

Hot springs and thermal vents at Musa River have no obvious connection to recent volcanic activity. Basement rocks are metamorphic schists, and Tertiary period andesitic volcanics are found less than 1 km away.

See also

List of volcanoes in Papua New Guinea

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0503-02=
  2. ↑ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0503-02=
  3. ↑ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0503-02=


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