Volcano profile

Vanuatu

Traitor's Head.

Volcano profile for Traitor's Head in Vanuatu, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
817 m
Last documented eruption
1881
Coordinates
-18.754°, 169.238°
GVP number
257090

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Vanuatu

Traitor's Head

Stratovolcano

Elevation
817 m
Last documented eruption
1881
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-18.754°, 169.238°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Vanuatu Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Intermediate crust (15-25 km)
GVP
257090
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Traitor's Head · Vanuatu

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
2 Jul 1959Not available—Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1881Not available0Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Traitor's Head · No current eruption report · 817 m

Radius · 100 km

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Airports

  • Whitegrass AirportVanuatu · TAH · NVVW
    78.0 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC