#VolcanoesOfinstagram #AobaVolcano #MtManaro #Ambaeisland #15southern #168eastern #Vanuatu #Volcano In late November 27 2005, Aoba (locally called Mt. Manaro) Volcano on Ambae Island 15.37'S 167.83'E in the South Pacific began rumbling, threatening a dangerous eruption. About 5,000 people, half the island’s population, were evacuated in early December when the volcano started spewing clouds of steam and toxic gases as molten material entered #LakeVoui, which fills the volcano’s crater. According to reports on the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Website, the contact of the molten material with the lake water produced a plume of steam and gas that rose 3.9 to 4.5 kilometers (12,800-14,800 feet) above sea level. The eruption created an island within the lake that is about 200 meters wide and 50-60 meters high. Aoba Volcano is the dominant feature in this shaded-relief image of Ambae Island, part of the Vanuatu archipelago, which includes more than 80 islands in the South Pacific located about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia. Last active in 1996, the 1,496-meter (4,908-foot), Hawaiian-style, basaltic shield volcano has lakes within its summit caldera, or crater. The November-December eruption involved a vent at the center of #LakeVouiSeria (at left), which was formed approximately 425 years ago after an. #AobaVolcanoSeria #MountManaroSeria #AmbaeislandSeria #VolcanoesSeria #AmbeaislandVolcanoSeria #AmbeaislandLakeSeria #VanuatuislandsSeria #VanuatuislandsVolcanoesSeria #VanuatuislandsLakesSeria #ActiveVolcanoesSeria #PacificOceanislandsSeria #PacificOceanislandsVolcanoesSeria #SouthPacificOceanislandsSeria #SouthPacificOceanislandsBolcanoesSeria #2005EruptionSeria #NovemberEruptionSeria #27NovemberEruptionSeria #27November2005seria #27NovemberSeria #2005NovemberSeria (Vourias, Aoba/Maewo, Vanuatu)