Vanuatu · Stratovolcano
Mota Lava
Motlav
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 411m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Region
- Southwestern Pacific / Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 411m
- Coordinates
- -13.670, 167.670
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The elongated island of Motlav, also referred to as Mota Lava, is comprised of at least five Pleistocene basaltic stratovolcanoes capped by two well-preserved late-Pleistocene to Holocene pyroclastic cones, Tuntog and Vetnam. Tuntog is a largely pyroclastic composite cone at the SW end of the island with a 500-m-wide summit crater. Vetman, in the center of the island, is a pyroclastic cone truncated by a summit crater that is breached on the southern side. The 411-m high point of Motlav is a remnant of older volcanics along the central ridge of the 12-km-long, NE-SW-trending island.
From Wikipedia
Mota Lava or Motalava is an island of the Banks group, in the north of Vanuatu. It forms a single coral system with the small island of Ra.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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