Mount Sisa

Mount Sisa
Mount Sisa is located in Papua New Guinea
Mount Sisa
Mount Sisa
Location within Papua New Guinea
Highest point
Elevation2,650 m (8,690 ft)
Coordinates6°08′52″S 142°45′17″E / 6.14764°S 142.75463°E / -6.14764; 142.75463
Geography
Country
Papua New Guinea
Province
Hela
Geology
Rock agePleistocene
Stratovolcano

Mt. Sisa is a heavily eroded Pleistocene stratovolcano in Hela, Papua New Guinea. The taller of the mountain's two main peaks is estimated to be 2,650 metres (8,690 ft) high. The northern peak has a communications mast. The epicentre of the 2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake was on the mountain's northern foothills.

A tiny species of frogs, Choerophryne allisoni, is only known from its type locality on Mount Sisa.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sisa". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Sisa". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  3. ↑ "M 7.5 - 89km SSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  4. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Choerophryne allisoni Richards and Burton, 2003". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2019-06-17.