Tanga Islands

Tanga Islands
Tanga Islands Papua New Guinea
Highest point
Prominence	472 m (1,549 ft)
Geography
Location	Papua New Guinea
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano with caldera
Last eruption	Pleistocene

The Tanga Islands are an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north-east of New Ireland and part of the Bismarck Archipelago. The islands are the remnants of a stratovolcano which collapsed to form a caldera. Lif (283 m), Tefa (155 m), and Malendok (472 m) islands are on the caldera rim, while Bitlik and Bitbok islands are lava domes constructed near the center of the caldera.

Former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Julius Chan is a native of the Tanga Islands.

References

• "Tanga". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

Foster, Robert J., Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange and Custom in the Tanga Islands. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.