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Ambae Volcano - John Seach
Ambae Island, Penama Province,
Vanuatu
15.38 S, 167.83 E,
summit elevation 1496 m
Shield Volcano
Ambae is an elipsoid shield volcano in northern Vanuatu. The island forms the upper part of the most voluminous volcano in Vanuatu. Ambae volcano rises 3900 m above the ocean floor and has a volume of 2500 cubic km. The volcano is atypical because it has a significant volume of pyroclastic products compared to other basaltic shield volcanoes.
Three summit crater lakes at Ambae volcano:
Lake Manaro Ngoru - 300 m diameter.
Lake Vui (Voui) - 2.1 km diameter.
Lake Manaro Lakua - 1.3 km diameter.
Summit eruptions occurred at Ambae volcano in December 2005. People living in the north to the western side of the island reported smelling sulphuric fumes after an earthquake on February 16, 2005.
There was an increase in water temperature at Ambae Volcano in 2000.
Phreatic Eruptions occurred at Voui Crater Lake, Ambae in 1995.
Ambae Volcano Eruptions
2005, 1995 (lake degassing), 1914 (earthquake), 1870, 1670, 1575