Karkar Island

Infobox Mountain
Name= Karkar Island
Photo=
Caption=
Elevation= Convert|1839|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location=Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea
Range=
Prominence = Convert|1839|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|4|39|S|145|58|E|
Topographic

Type=Stratovolcano
Age=
Last eruption= 1979
First ascent=
Easiest route=:"For the location in Syria, see Karkar."

Karkar Island is an oval-shaped volcanic island located in the Bismarck Sea, about 30 kilometres off the north coast of mainland Papua New Guinea in Madang Province. The island is about 25 km in length and 19 km in width. In the centre is an active volcano with two nested calderas.

The latest eruptions on this island occurred in the 1970s. The 1974-1975 eruption produced a large volume of lava was erupted which covered almost 70 percent of the inner caldera's floor, while 1979 produced no lava flow. [cite web
url= http://www.mineral.gov.pg/volcObs/Karkar.htm
title=Karkar
publisher=www.mineral.gov.pg
accessdate=2007-07-17]

The population of approximately 50,000 is mostly Lutheran and Catholic and speaks the two languages Waskia and Takia. Neighboring islands are Bagabag (Papua New Guinea) and Manam.

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References

* [http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0501-03= Global Volcanism Program: Karkar]