Mountain

Vulcan

243 m797 ft

Prominence: 203 m665 ft
Isolation: 2.3 km
Region: Papua New Guinea
Tonight: 25°CFair · Wind 28 km/h SE

Vulcan is a 243 m (797 ft) mountain in Papua New Guinea.

All facts

Elevation: 243 m · 797 ft
Nearest higher peak: Rabaul caldera (688 m)
Coordinates: 4.2632° S, 152.1593° E

Open the 3D view

3D map

Vulcan 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Vulcan terrain and contours

20 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Vulcan elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Vulcan weather

Today · Fair · 25 / 30°C (77 / 86°F) · Wind 28 km/h SE

Vulcan forecast for the summit, about 243 m.

Today25°30°–28 km/h SE
Sun25°30°2.2 mm26 km/h SE
Mon25°31°0.6 mm29 km/h SE
Tue24°30°1.8 mm16 km/h SE
Wed25°30°2.2 mm13 km/h SE
Thu25°30°0.9 mm17 km/h SE
Fri24°30°2.7 mm17 km/h SE
Sat24°29°3.0 mm11 km/h E
Sun23°28°7.4 mm7 km/h E
Mon25°29°10.6 mm7 km/h E

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 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 82% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

81.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

16.0%

Steep, 30–45°

2.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 2.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 418 m low point -0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.6%Water 42.7%Grassland 4.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Vulcan sits

Nearby

Nearby places

UlawunPeak · 2,334 m127 km SW

Downloads

Vulcan downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGVulcan satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 246 m at the summit; the official height is 243 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	243 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	246 m	+3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	238 m	-5 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-25)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia