Yasur
Tanna
Current alert level
Major Unrest
Description for Yasur
Yasur, located at the SE tip of Tanna Island, is a mostly unvegetated 361-m-high scoria cone with a nearly circular, 400-m-wide summit crater. Yasur is the most frequently visited of the Vanuatu volcanoes with strombolian and vulcanian. It has been in more-or-less continuous activity since Captain Cook observed ash eruptions in 1774. This style of activity may have continued for the past 800 years.
Elevation
361 m / 1184 ft
Latitude
19° 31' 43.72'' S
Longitude
169° 26' 51.98'' E
Volcano Types
- Stratovolcano
- Caldera
- Scoria cone
Most recent eruptions
June 2011 and July 2012
Vulcanian explosions, ejecting lava bombs and substantial degassing
Past eruptions
9th to 11st June 2004
Vulcanian explosions, ejecting lava bombs
1994
Vulcanian explosions, ejecting lava bombs
Current alert level
Major Unrest
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