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Mountain in Papua New Guinea
Mount Sisa
Mount Sisa is located in Papua New GuineaMount SisaMount Sisa
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
CountryPapua New Guinea
ProvinceHela
Geology
Rock agePleistocene
Mountain typeStratovolcano

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. ^ "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.


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