GVP volcano 257020 · no holder yet
Gaua
Gaua is a 729 m stratovolcano in Vanuatu, erupting as recently as 2022.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 729 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, intermediate, 15–25 km
- Last eruption
- 2022
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1965
- Eruptions
- 18 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 14.28°S 167.51°E · Vanuatu
- Region
- Vanuatu Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 257020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).