Volcanoes of Vanuatu
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Vanua Lava Volcano - John Seach
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Mt Suretamatai Volcano.
Banks Islands, Torba Province, Vanuatu
13.80 S, 167.47 E
summit elevation 921 m
Complex volcano
5 cones aligned SSW-NNE. Summit elevation 921 m. Main crater is fumarolic, one km wide and 100 m deep.
The volcano contains boiling mud pots. There is a 300 m wide crater lake to the north of Mt Suretamatai at an elevation of 730 m. There is a second lake 500 m wide SE of Suretamatai at 690 m elevation.
The volcano has 4 secondary cones:
Tow Maravrig, Tow Mear, Gemekeret and Kwon Saoro.
Crocodiles inhabit the Tahiti and Selva rivers.
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