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Mota Volcano | John Seach
Mota Island, Torba Province, Vanuatu
Summit elevation 411 m
Extinct volcano
Mota Island is hat-shaped, with a steep-sloped east-west elongated spine of older volcanics. It is located 10 km east of Vanua Lava. The island summit is Mt Tawe (411m).
Mota Island was a missionary training centre in the 19th century.
Further reading
Barsdell, M., Smith, I.E.M. and Spörli, K.B., 1982. The origin of reversed geochemical zoning in the northern New Hebrides volcanic arc. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 81(2), pp.148-155.
Mota Volcano Eruptions
Approximately 470,000 years ago