Part of a poster showing hazard/danger zones and (relatively) safe areas; developed in 1983–1984 during the early part of the Crisis Period
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, 1984
Figure 6 (in reprint) in: RVO. (1984). (Reprinted in: McKee C., Itikarai I., & Davies H. (2017). Instrumental Volcano Surveillance and Community Awareness in the Lead-Up to the 1994 Eruptions at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. In: Fearnley C.J., Bird D.K., Haynes K., McGuire W.J., & Jolly G. (eds) Observing the Volcano World. Advances in Volcanology (An Official Book Series of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior – IAVCEI, Barcelona, Spain). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/11157_2017_4)
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Map Data
Map ID 1594 Hazard Process(es) Unstated or all hazards Hazard Zone Presentation Hazard level-focused: All or most hazards are combined by hazard level on a main map panel Temporal Scale Crisis, or short-term, map (hours to decades) Spatial Scale Volcano and surrounding area Publication Format Map sheet or poster Zonation Method(s) Derived/simplified from another map Zonation Model(s) Scenario(s) Considered Alert levels Hazard Zone Label(s) Access (exclusion, danger, or safe zones) Probability Definition(s) Alert levels imply probability Purpose Crisis management and response: Intended to be used for managing, responding to, and taking action during an eruption; often includes evacuation routes, access restrictions, actions to take, etc. Audience General public and/or media Language(s) English Basemap(s) Street map Basemap overlay(s) Diemsionality Planimetric (2D or map) view Color Scheme Red to Blue