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Mota Lava

Motlav

Estratovolcán · Vanuatu · 411 m

The elongated island of Motlav, also referred to as Mota Lava, lies in the northern Banks Islands of Vanuatu. The 12-km-long island is comprised of at least five Pleistocene basaltic stratovolcanoes capped by two well-preserved late-Pleistocene to Holocene pyroclastic cones, Tuntag and Vetnam. The low peak with a shadow above it at the lower left (SW) part of the island is Tuntog, a largely pyroclastic composite cone with a 500-m-wide summit crater. Vetnam pyroclastic cone lies in the center of the island.
The elongated island of Motlav, also referred to as Mota Lava, lies in the northern Banks Islands of Vanuatu. The 12-km-long island is comprised of at least five Pleistocene basaltic stratovolcanoes capped by two well-preserved late-Pleistocene to Holocene pyroclastic cones, Tuntag and Vetnam. The low peak with a shadow above it at the lower left (SW) part of the island is Tuntog, a largely pyroclastic composite cone with a 500-m-wide summit crater. Vetnam pyroclastic cone lies in the center of the island. · Foto: NASA International Space Station image ISS006-E-26739, 2003 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/). · Wikimedia Commons
Tipo
Estratovolcán
País
Vanuatu
Región
Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
Altitud
411 m
Coordenadas
-13.670, 167.670
Última erupción
Desconocido
Contexto tectónico
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
Forma volcánica
Composite
Roca principal
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Resumen geológico

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.

Resumen de Wikipedia

Mota Lava o Motalava es la cuarta isla más grande de las Islas Banks en Vanuatu, después de Gaua, Vanua Lava y Ureparapara, con un área de 24 km². Es la más grande y más alta de la cadena oriental de las islas.

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