Mount Garet

Gaua

Current alert level

Major Unrest

2

Description for Mount Garet

Mount Garet, an active basaltic-to-andesitic stratovolcano within the Vanuatu arc, is located inside a 6 × 9 km caldera surrounded by Lake Letas. Its cone, positioned in the southwest of the caldera, includes three summit pit craters. The development of Mount Garet and nearby cinder cones has contributed to the formation of a distinctive crescent-shaped lake.

Elevation

797 m / 2614 ft

Latitude

14° 16' 57.60453" S

Longitude

167° 30' 59.32418" E

Volcano Types

  • Stratovolcano
  • Caldera
  • Scoria cone

Most recent eruptions

03RD MAY 2022

Ephemeral eruption with loud explosions and thick ash column observed at several meters above the summit at Mt. Garet reported by locals at Naveto village, NE Gaua.

NOVEMBER 2009 - DECEMBER 2010

Ash column emissions and explosions from the main active vents.

Past eruptions

1977

Minor eruption with associated ash columns.

1973

Minor eruption with associated ash columns.

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