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Information about risk, safety aspects,

Status (last accidents and number of deaths (in Protected brackets) Attractions and activities area type* active) 1938 – Rabaul (500) Hot springs, geysers, boiling mud pools, eco NP 2008 1951 – Lamington (2942) tours, wildlife sanctuaries, conservation areas 1956 (VEI 4) 1979 – Karkar (2) Buried town and historic site Rabaul 2009–ongoing 1996 – Manam (13) 1980 1888 – Ritter (3000) 2009 Armed robberies are a possibility 2009 2009 2007 The only active volcanism takes place on Heard and McDonald Islands which are too remote Marine

Number of volcanoes (examples) Ulawun 2334m stratovolcano Lamington 1680m stratovolcano Rabaul 688m caldera Karkar 1839m stratovolcano Langila 1330m complex volcano Bagana 1750m lava cone Manam 1807m stratovolcano Ritter Island Heard Island – Big Ben 2745m stratovolcano McDonald Island 212m complex volcano, South Indian Ocean Dormant: Undara Volcanic NP, Crater Lakes NP, Glasshouse Mountains NP, Queensland Warrumbungles NP, Mt Kaputar NP, Canabolas, Mt Warning, New South Wales Newer Volcanic Provinces, Kanawinka Global Geopark, Victoria Mt

Country or region OCEANIA Papua New Guinea (PNG) 47 volcanoes Australia 72 volcanoes, volcanic groups and volcanic centres, mainly dormant or extinct Antarctica 23 volcanoes and volcanic islands New Zealand 25 volcanoes and volcanic fields Pacific Islands 24 volcanoes

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