Mt. Sisa is a heavily eroded
Pleistocene
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stratovolcano
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Hela
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Papua New Guinea
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. The taller of the mountain's two main peaks is estimated to be high.
The northern peak has a communications mast. The epicentre of the
2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake was on the mountain's northern foothills.
A tiny species of frogs, ''
Choerophryne allisoni'', is only known from its
type locality on Mount Sisa.
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See also
* Mount Sisa languages
References
Stratovolcanoes of Papua New Guinea
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
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