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Umboi Island
Umboi
(also named Rooke or Siassi) is a
volcanic
island
between the mainland of
Papua New Guinea
and the island of
New Britain
. It is separated from New Britain by
Dampier Strait
and
Huon Peninsula
,
New Guinea
Island by
Vitiaz Strait
. It has an elevation of 1,548 m. Umboi is a
Holocene
complex volcano
with no historic eruptions. A complex volcano refers to the extensive assemblage of spatially, temporally, and genetically related major and minor volcanic centers with their associated
lava
and
pyroclastic
flows.
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