Mount Gharat
Volcano in Vanuatu
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::summary Volcano in Vanuatu ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mount Gharat (Mount Garet) |
| photo | Mount_Gharat_and_Lake_Letas.jpg |
| photo_caption | Mount Gharat and Lake Letas |
| elevation_m | 797 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_m | 797 |
| location | Gaua, Banks Islands, Vanuatu |
| map_image | Map-Gaua-Vanuatu.png |
| map_caption | Mt Garet, in the middle of Gaua island |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_ref | |
| type | Somma-Stratovolcano |
| last_eruption | 2011 |
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| name = Mount Gharat (Mount Garet) | photo = Mount_Gharat_and_Lake_Letas.jpg | photo_caption = Mount Gharat and Lake Letas | elevation_m = 797 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 797 | prominence_ref = | range = | listing = | location = Gaua, Banks Islands, Vanuatu | map_image = Map-Gaua-Vanuatu.png | map_caption = Mt Garet, in the middle of Gaua island | coordinates = | coordinates_ref= | topo = | type = Somma-Stratovolcano | age = | last_eruption = 2011 | first_ascent = | easiest_route =
Mount Gharat or Mount Garet (797 m), a somma volcano, is the highest peak on the volcanic island of Gaua of the Banks Islands in northern Vanuatu.
Geography
The peak is located at the centre of the island, is volcanically active and is surrounded by Lake Letas on all sides except the southwest.
|title=Mount Gharat on Gaua island |width=200 |height=200 |align=center |footer= |File:Éruption du Mont Garet en septembre 2010.JPG | alt2=Eruption of Mt Garet in Sept 2010 |Eruption of Mt Garet in Sept 2010. |File:Gaua.jpg| alt3=2013 satellite picture of Mt Garet during eruption |2013 satellite picture of Mt Garet during eruption
Name
The volcano has slightly different names, depending on which of the local languages is being considered. It is known as Garet in Nume, Grāt in Dorig, Gerät in Koro, Gäräs in Lakon. The spelling Gharat found sometimes on maps is an attempt at transcribing Mota or Olrat Garat .
All these names come from a Proto-Torres-Banks form *ɣarati, whose literal meaning is “itching, burning” ‒ perhaps in relation to the volcano's toxic fumes.
References
References
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