Billy Mitchell (volcano)

Right of the dark crater lake of Billy Mitchell volcano, including the ash cloud from the bagana.

Billy Mitchell is a Pyroclastic shield volcano in the center of the island of Bougainville, immediately northeast of the 1730 m high bagana, one of the most active volcanoes of Papua New Guinea. At the 1544 m high summit of Billy Mitchell is a filled with a crater caldera. The Billy Mitchell Lake covers an area of ​​3 km ² and has a depth of 90 m. A drain on the northern rim of the caldera leads to Tekan River. The last two major eruptions of the volcano occurred around the year 1030 and to 1580th This outbreak is in addition to other volcanic events and a lower activity of the sun as the cause of the Little Ice Age, a period of relatively cool climate of the early 15th century to the 19th century viewed.

The volcano was named after the American General William "Billy" Mitchell, founder of the United States Army Air Service.