List of volcanoes in Vanuatu
Volcanoes
Name | Elevation (metres) |
Elevation (feet) |
Location | Last eruption |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ambae | 1496 | 4908 | 15.380°S 167.83°E | 2017[1] |
Ambrym | 1334 | 4375 | 16.25°S 168.12°E | ongoing |
Aneityum | 852 | 2795 | 20.20°S 169.83°E | Pleistocene |
East Epi | -34 | -111 | 16.68°S 168.37°E | 2004 |
Eastern Gemini Seamount | -80 | -262 | 20.98°S 170.29°E | 1996 |
Futuna | 666 | 2185 | 19.32°S 170.13°E | Pleistocene |
Gaua | 979 | 2614 | 14.27°S 167.50°E | 1982 |
Kutali | 833 | 2733 | 16.73°S 168.28°E | - |
Kuwae | -2 | -7 | 16.829°S 168.536°E | 1980 |
Lopevi | 1413 | 4636 | 16.50°S 168.34°E | 2006 |
Makura | 644 | 2113 | 17.0°S 168.5°E | - |
Merelava | 883 | 3373 | 14.45°S 168.05°E | 1606 |
Mota Lava | 411 | 1348 | 13.7°S 167.65°E | 300,000 BC |
North Vate | 594 | 1949 | 17.45°S 168.33°E | Holocene |
Traitor's Head | 837 | 2746 | 18.75°S 168.33°E | 1881 |
Tavai Ruro | 554 | 1818 | 16.80°S 168.43°E | - |
Unnamed Caldera | 521 | 1709 | 16.992°S 168.592°E | Holocene |
Ureparapara | 764 | 2507 | 13.54°S 167.33°E | 476,000 BC |
Vanua Lava | 921 | 3022 | 13.80°S 167.47°E | 1965 |
Vot Tande | 64 | 210 | 13.25°S 167.65°E | 4 million years ago |
Western Gemini Seamount | -30 | -98 | 21.0°S 170.05°E | - |
Yasur | 405 | 1329 | 19.52°S 169.42°E | ongoing |
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See also
References
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
- "Vanuatu volcano eruption sparks Ambae island evacuation". BBC News. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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