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GVP volcano 257090 · no holder yet

Traitor's Head

Traitor's Head is an 817 m stratovolcano in Vanuatu, last erupted in 1881.

Type
Stratovolcano (composite landform)
Summit
817 m above sea level
Rock
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Setting
Subduction zone, intermediate, 15–25 km
Last eruption
1881
Largest known
VEI 0, non-explosive, 1881
Eruptions
1 confirmed in the record
Where
18.75°S 169.24°E · Vanuatu
Region
Vanuatu Volcanic Arc, Southwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 257090

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