Loloru
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Loloru
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| elevation_m = 1,887
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| location = Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
| coordinates = {{coord|6|31|S|155|37|E|type:mountain}}
| map = Papua New Guinea
| topo =
| type = Pyroclastic shield, stratovolcano{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=255030&vtab=Photos|title=Global Volcanism Program | Loloru|website=Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program|access-date=2024-09-10}}
| age =
| last_eruption = 1050 BCE (?)
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Loloru is a pyroclastic shield volcano located in the southern region of Bougainville Island, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of northeastern Papua New Guinea.
The volcano's summit consists of two nested calderas, with an andesitic lava dome.
Lake Loloru
File:Buin and Siwai boys visiting Lake Loloru and feeling discomfort.jpg and Siwai visiting Lake Loloru (1978).]]
Lake Loloru is a crescent-shaped volcanic crater lake covering {{convert|0.9|km2|abbr=on}} within the volcano caldera. It is a sacred place of South Bougainvillians, who traditionally believe the souls of their dead go here upon death.
See also
- {{C|Volcanoes of Bougainville Island}}
- List of volcanoes in Papua New Guinea
References
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- {{cite gvp|name=Loloru|vn=255030|access-date=2021-06-25}}
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Category:Volcanoes of Bougainville Island
Category:Lakes of Papua New Guinea
Category:Volcanic crater lakes
Category:Geography of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Category:Mountains of Papua New Guinea
Category:Shield volcanoes of Papua New Guinea
Category:Calderas of Papua New Guinea
Category:Stratovolcanoes of Papua New Guinea
Category:Stratovolcanoes with shield volcano characteristics
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