Vanuatu · Stratovolcano

Mota Lava

Motlav

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 411m
Last eruption: Unknown

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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.

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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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