Ulawun
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 10°CLight rain showers · Wind 16 km/h NW
Ulawun is a 2,334 m (7,657 ft) stratovolcano in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,334 m · 7,657 ft
- Prominence
- 2,334 m · 7,657 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Taron (2,340 m)
- Region
- West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates
- 5.0510° S, 151.3312° E
Ulawun 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.4 × 13.4 km
Ulawun terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Ulawun elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Ulawun weather
Today · Rain showers · 10 / 19°C (50 / 66°F) · 6.6 mm · Wind 16 km/h NW
Ulawun forecast for the summit, about 2,334 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 50 m.
- Today10°19°6.6 mm16 km/h NWBase 23 / 32°
- Sun9°19°6.1 mm13 km/h NWBase 22 / 32°
- Mon7°19°6.6 mm13 km/h WBase 21 / 32°
- Tue8°18°2.6 mm4 km/h NWBase 22 / 31°
- Wed8°17°11.8 mm5 km/h NWBase 22 / 31°
- Thu9°17°3.4 mm4 km/h WBase 23 / 31°
- Fri9°18°8.2 mm4 km/h NWBase 23 / 32°
- Sat10°18°7.0 mm3 km/h NBase 24 / 32°
- Sun10°17°8.2 mm4 km/h NWBase 24 / 30°
- Mon11°17°9.5 mm4 km/h WBase 24 / 31°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 13.4 × 13.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 5.5% of the 180 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,301 m low point 50 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Ulawun sits
- Region
- Papua New Guinea9Oceania282
Nearby places
Ulawun downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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GIS & GPS
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How accurate is this?
18 m high This 3D map reads 2,352 m at the summit; the official height is 2,334 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,334 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,352 m | +18 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,338 m | +4 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)