Mota Volcano
Updated: May 21, 2024 13:56 GMT -
Stratovolcano 411 m / 1348 ft
Vanuatu, -13.85°S / 167.68°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Vanuatu, -13.85°S / 167.68°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Mota volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
The 5-km-wide Mota Island is comprised of the eroded vent-filling intrusive of a Pleistocene volcano that rises above a wide raised Holocene platform of reef limestones.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information