Suretamatai volcano
Updated: Dec 3, 2022 17:22 GMT -
Complex volcano 921 m / 3,022 ft
Banks Islands, Vanuatu, -13.8°S / 167.47°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Banks Islands, Vanuatu, -13.8°S / 167.47°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Last update: 20 Dec 2021
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Suretamatai volcano eruptions: 1966
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Suretamatai volcano forms much of Vanua Lava Island, one of the largest of Vanuatu's Banks Islands. The younger lavas of 921-m-high Suretamatai (also known as Soritimeat) volcano overlie a number of small older stratovolcanoes that form the island. In contrast to other large volcanoes of Vanuatu, the dominantly basaltic-to-andesitic Suretamatai does not contain a youthful summit caldera. A chain of small stratovolcanoes, oriented along a NNE-SSW line, gives the low-angle volcano an irregular profile. The youngest cone, near the northern end of the chain, is the largest and contains a lake of variable depth within its 900-m-wide, 100-m-deep summit crater. Historical activity, beginning during the 19th century, has been restricted to moderate explosive eruptions.---
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