ities ▁coun c ils ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁National ▁End ow ment ▁for ▁the ▁Human ities ▁ ▁Federation ▁of ▁State ▁Human ities ▁Coun c ils ▁ ▁Category : List s ▁of ▁organizations ▁based ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Category : National ▁End ow ment ▁for ▁the ▁Human ities <0x0A> </s> ▁V ul can ▁is ▁a ▁p um ice ▁cone ▁in ▁Pap ua ▁New ▁Guinea . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁sub - vent ▁of ▁the ▁R aba ul ▁cal der a ▁and ▁lies ▁on ▁the ▁western ▁rim ▁of ▁the ▁R aba ul ▁cal der a . ▁Its ▁most ▁recent ▁er u ption ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁when ▁it ▁and ▁another ▁vent , ▁T av ur v ur , ▁forced ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁R aba ul ▁to ▁be ▁tempor arily ▁abandoned ▁and ▁the ▁local ▁administrative ▁cent res ▁of ▁East ▁New ▁Britain ▁Province ▁to ▁be ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁capital , ▁K ok opo . ▁Today , ▁the ▁s lop es ▁of ▁V ul can ▁are ▁now ▁for ested , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁d orm ancy ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁ ▁V ul can ▁did ▁not ▁exist ▁during ▁the ▁German ▁colonial ▁times , ▁although ▁the ▁agr onom ist ▁for ▁the ▁New ▁Guinea ▁Company , ▁Richard ▁Park inson , ▁noticed ▁that ▁a ▁small ▁island ▁in ▁the ▁har bour ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 0 ▁had ▁grown ▁notice ably ▁larger ▁by ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁the ▁island ▁offered ▁enough ▁new