Kavachi
Kavachi is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Located south of Vangunu Island in the Solomon Islands, it is named after a sea god of the New Georgia Group islanders and is also referred to locally as Rejo te Kavachi.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Volcano rising to -20 metres (-66 feet)
- Description: mountain
- Also known as“Kavachi Submarine Volcano”“Kavachi volcano”“Kavachi’s oven”“Sharkcano”“The Kavachi Volcano”
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Latitude
-8.99369° or 8° 59′ 37″ south
Longitude
157.9724° or 157° 58′ 21″ east
Open location code
6R3V2X4C+GX
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kavachi” goes by many names.
كافاشيArabic
KavachiBasque
KavachiCatalan
KavachiCzech
KavachiDutch
جبل كافاشىEgyptian Arabic
ΚαβάτσιGreek
カバチ島Japanese
カバチ海底火山Japanese
카바치Korean
KavačisLithuanian
کاواچیPersian
KavachiPolish
КавачиRussian
КавачіUkrainian
kavachi islandUrdu
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