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Country: | Vanuatu | |
| Subregion Name: | Vanuatu | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0507-001 | ||
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Holocene | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Unknown | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 411 m | 1,348 feet | |
| Latitude: | 13.67°S | 13°40'0"S | |
| Longitude: | 167.67°E | 167°40'0"E | |
| 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. Tuntog is a largely pyroclastic composite cone at the SW end of the island with a 500-m-wide summit crater. Vetman, in the center of the island, is a pyroclastic cone truncated by a summit crater that is breached on the southern side. The 411-m high point of Motlav is a remnant of older volcanics along the central ridge of the 12-km-long, NE-SW-trending island. | |||
