Melanesia
Vanuatu
Tafea

Mount Yasur

Mount Yasur is a volcano on , , 361 m high above sea level, on the coast near , northeast of the taller , which was active in the Pleistocene.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 361 metres
  • Description: mountain (volcano) in Vanuatu
  • Also known as: “Mount Watt”, “Mount Yasua”, “Yahul”, “Yaouwey”, “Yasava”, “Yasowa”, “Yasur”, and “Yasur Volcano”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include White Sands and Ireupuow.

Whitesands or is a village on the island of in . Located on the southeast side of the island near , the area is a center of the indigenous Whitesands language and the John Frum cargo cult. There is a store.

Photo: Vincent Albanese, CC BY 2.0.
is in on island.

Mount Yasur

Latitude
-19.52833° or 19° 31′ 42″ south
Longitude
169.44833° or 169° 26′ 54″ east
Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)
Open location code
5VGFFCCX+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 540528583
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2134046
Wiki­data ID
Q392766
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Yasur from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Mount Yasur” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Yasur vulkanı”
  • Basque: “Yasur mendia”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Ясур”
  • Belarusian: “Ясур”
  • Bislama: “volkeno blong Yasur”
  • Bislama: “Yasur (volkeno)”
  • Bislama: “Yasur”
  • Bulgarian: “Ясур”
  • Catalan: “Mont Yasur”
  • Catalan: “volcà Yasur”
  • Catalan: “Yasur”
  • Cebuano: “Yasur”
  • Chinese: “亚苏尔火山”
  • Chinese: “亞蘇爾火山”
  • Chinese: “伊苏尔火山”
  • Chinese: “伊蘇爾火山”
  • Croatian: “Yasur”
  • Dutch: “Yasur”
  • French: “Yasur”
  • German: “Mount Yasur”
  • German: “Yasur”
  • Greek: “Όρος Γιασούρ”
  • Hebrew: “הר יאסור”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Yasur”
  • Japanese: “ヤスール山”
  • Korean: “야수르산”
  • Korean: “야수아 산”
  • Latvian: “Jasurs”
  • Lithuanian: “Jasuras”
  • Lithuanian: “Jasūras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yasur”
  • Norwegian: “Yasur”
  • Persian: “کوه یاسور”
  • Polish: “Mount Yasur”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Yasur”
  • Russian: “Маунт-Ясур”
  • Russian: “Ясоур”
  • Russian: “Ясур”
  • Serbian: “Иасур”
  • Serbian: “Јасур”
  • Spanish: “Monte Yasur”
  • Spanish: “Volcan Yasur”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Yasur”
  • Spanish: “Yasur”
  • Swedish: “Yasur”
  • Ukrainian: “Гора Ясур (вулкан)”
  • Ukrainian: “Гора Ясур”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Yasur”

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