Loloru
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| Loloru | |
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| Highest point | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bougainville, Papua New Guinea |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Pyroclastic shield |
| Last eruption | 1050 BCE (?) |
Loloru is a pyroclastic shield volcano located in the southern part of the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. The summit consists of two nested calderas, with an andesitic lava dome.
Lake Loloru
File:Lake Loloru.jpg
Traditionally sacred Lake Loloru, a crater lake.
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Boys from Buin and Siwai visiting Lake Loloru (1978).
Lake Loloru, a crescent-shaped crater lake, is within the volcano. It is a sacred place of South Bougainvillians, who traditionally believe the souls of their dead go here upon death.
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