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Vanuatu · Complex volcano

Suretamatai

Type
Complex volcano
Elevation
921m
Last eruption
1966
Suretamatai
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Type
Complex volcano
Country
Vanuatu
Region
Southwestern Pacific / Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
Elevation
921m
Coordinates
-13.800, 167.470
Last eruption
1966
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Suretamatai volcano (also known as Soritimeat) forms much of Vanua Lava Island, one of the largest of Vanuatu's Banks Islands.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

Eruption history

4 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
3
Uncertain eruptions
1
Span of confirmed record
1856 – 1966
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 2 (1965, the most recent of 3)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
1
Summary (VEI over time)
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1841~1853 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1853~1866 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 21953~1965 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 218411866190319281953

Detailed timeline

  1. 1965VEI 2Observed
    1965-08-09 – 1966-07-02
    NW flank
  2. 1861VEI 2Observed
    1861-07-02 – end unknown
  3. 1856VEI 2Observed
    1856-07-02 – end unknown
  4. 1841VEI ?Method not stated
    1841-07-02 – end unknown

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