Mount_Gharat

Mount Gharat

Mount Gharat

Volcano in Vanuatu

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.

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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.

Mount Gharat on Gaua island
  • Eruption of Mt Garet in Sept 2010.
  • 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 [ɣaˈrɛt] in Nume, Grāt [ɣraːt] in Dorig, Gerät [ɣɛˈrɛ​͡at] in Koro, Gäräs [ɣæˈræs] in Lakon. The spelling Gharat found sometimes on maps is an attempt at transcribing Mota or Olrat Garat [ɣarat].

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

  1. [1]
    "Gaua". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
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