Vanuatu · Stratovolcano
Mount Yasur
Yasur
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 361m
- Last eruption
- 2026
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Region
- Southwestern Pacific / Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 361m
- Coordinates
- -19.532, 169.447
- Last eruption
- 2026
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Andesite / Basaltic andesite
Geological summary
Yasur has exhibited essentially continuous Strombolian and Vulcanian activity at least since Captain Cook observed ash eruptions in 1774.
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From Wikipedia
Mount Yasur is an active volcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, 361 m (1,184 ft) high above sea level, on the coast near Sulphur Bay, northeast of the taller Mount Tukosmera, which was active in the Pleistocene. It has a largely unvegetated pyroclastic cone with a nearly circular summit crater 400 m in diameter.
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Eruption history
3 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 3
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 434 (±90 yrs) – 2026
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 3 (1270)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 0
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1270 (±110 yrs)VEI 3Geological estimate1270 – 2026-03-16
- 708 (±169 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate708 – 1273
- 434 (±90 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate434 – end unknown
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