Billy Mitchell (volcano)

Billy Mitchell (volcano)
The dark-colored caldera lake of Billy Mitchell is at right, above an ash plume originating from Bagana.
Highest point
Elevation1,544 m (5,066 ft)
Coordinates6°06′S 155°13′E / 6.100°S 155.217°E / -6.100; 155.217
Geography
Billy Mitchell (volcano)
Parent rangeEmperor Range
Geology
Mountain typePyroclastic shield
Rock type(s)Andesite, Dacite
Volcanic zoneSolomon Islands
Last eruption1580 ± 20 years

Billy Mitchell is a dormant pyroclastic shield volcano in central Bougainville, just north-east of the Bagana Volcano in Papua New Guinea. It is a small pyroclastic shield truncated by a 2 km wide caldera filled by a crater lake. It is named after Billy Mitchell, a 20th-century United States Army general who is sometimes regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.

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