Lihir
- ISS001-E-5933
- 28 January 2001
- 22:27 UTC
Lihir, located 50 km off the central east coast of New Ireland, is the largest island of the Lihir Group and is also the largest island of the Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni island chain.
The island measures 21 km by 10 km and consists of several overlapping volcanoes that rise to a height of 700 m. The island is hydrothermally active with hot springs, mud pools and fumaroles. The Lihir Group also includes the smaller islands of Mali, Sanambiet, Masahet and Mahur.
The light coloured feature on the east coast (top, in the above image) are the workings of the Rio Tinto operated gold mine situated within the Luise Caldera.
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center
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