On the morning of 13 March 1888, a section of Ritter Island, a small volcanic island off the coast of New Guinea, collapsed into the sea in a sector collapse. Prior to its collapse, Ritter Island was
The crescent-shaped remnant of Ritter Island after the collapse
Bismarck Archipelago
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The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands located just off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about 50,
1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami
…exists, it is estimated that between 1,500 and 3,000 people died. The tsunami also had far-field effects in Chile and Australia. Ritter Island in the Bismarck Archipelago is an active stratovolcano located off the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the many active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea as a result…
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