Mount Gharat
Mount Gharat (Mount Garet) | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 797 m (2,615 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 797 m (2,615 ft) |
Coordinates | 14°16′S 167°30′E / 14.27°S 167.5°ECoordinates: 14°16′S 167°30′E / 14.27°S 167.5°E[1] |
Geography | |
Mt Garet, in the middle of Gaua island
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Location | Gaua, Banks Islands, Vanuatu |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Somma-Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | 2011[1] |
Mount Gharat or Mount Garet (797 m), a somma volcano, is the highest peak on the volcanic island of Gaua of the Banks Islands in northern Vanuatu. The peak is located at the centre of the island, is volcanically active and is surrounded by Lake Letas on all sides except southwest.
Mount Gharat on Gaua island
Eruption of Mt Garet in Sept 2010.
2013 satellite picture of Mt Garet during eruption
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gaua". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
Categories:
- Volcanoes of Vanuatu
- Calderas of Oceania
- Mountains of Vanuatu
- Active volcanoes
- Stratovolcanoes