What the records say
- When
- 4 Feb 1995
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Where
- Vanuatu
- Coordinates
- 19.53° S, 169.45° E
- Vei
- 3
- Deaths
- 2
- Volcano type
- Stratovolcano
Mount Yasur
Stratovolcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page