Mount Sisa

Mt. Sisa is a heavily eroded pleistocene stratovolcano in Hela, Papua New Guinea. The taller of the mountain's two main peaks is estimated to be 2,650 metres (8,690 ft) high.[1] The northern peak has a communications mast. The epicentre of the 2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake was on the mountain's northern foothills.[2]

Mount Sisa
Highest point
Elevation2,650 m (8,690 ft) 

A tiny species of frogs, Choerophryne allisoni, is only known from its type locality on Mount Sisa.[3]

See also
  • Mount Sisa languages

References
  1. "Global Volcanism Program | Sisa". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  2. "M 7.5 - 89km SSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Choerophryne allisoni Richards and Burton, 2003". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 June 2019.


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