#lopevi

[veronica-in-the-universe]

View of Lopevi's smoke. Lulep, Vanuatu 🇻🇺 October 2nd, 2017 #peacecorps #veronicainvanuatu #vanuatu #southpacific #lopevi

[veronica-in-the-universe]

Lopevi, Vanuatu 🇻🇺 Thursday, July 20th, 2017 #paama #volcano #southpacific #peacecorps #veronicainvanuatu #peacecorpsvanuatu #lopevi First time I didn't see it making smoke. (at Lopevi)

[veronica-in-the-universe]

Lopevi Volcano from Lulep, Paama May 31st, 2017 #veronicainvanuatu #peacecorps #peacecorpsvanuatu #lopevi #volcano #paama #vanuatu

[exploringandgrowing]

[islandrecords]

Lopevi Population of 0; part of Vanuatu; 10.93 square miles. Interesting fact: though the island has been populated, the inhabitants were relocated in 1960 owing to the recurrent eruptions. Lopevi volcano seen from the air (by volcanodiscovery)

[jamie-newton]

Let's all take a minute to remember my favorite tribe, Lopevi. I belong on this tribe.

[farflungplaces]

Lopevi Volcano

Catching the plane back to Port Vila from Craig Cove, was giving to give  me a great chance to see Mt Benbow from the air. But despite being a blue sky day, the whole of the volcano and surrounding caldera was shrouded in clouds and volcanic smoke. But, to make up for this, I did see the Lopevi volcano, about 8 km's from Ambrym.

Lopevi is a stratovolcano. It is now very active and, like Mt Benbow in Ambrym, it has its own weather system with the top of its cone hidden by clouds. The island is slowly growing with each eruption, and the lava flows from its last major eruption in 2008 eruption are clear.

Although now very active, it only had minor eruptions spaced far apart, and it was inhabited until 1960. That was when it lurched into hyper activity, destroying crops and villages, a pattern that is continuing, with nine eruptions in the last ten years. The islanders departed for Port Villa and Paama, and none have returned.

I landed back in Port Vila forty minutes later, having enjoyed, and sated my need to climb Volcanoes for a while, although this one does look interesting...