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III.—The Volcanic Eruption of 1913 on Ambrym Island, New Hebrides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. Frater
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The New Hebrides group of islands was first fully made known to Europe by Captain Cook, who in the year 1774 spent forty-six days among them. Situated in the Southern Pacific, about 1,400 miles N.E. of Sydney, the total number of islands is nearly eighty, the largest of which has a coastline of 200 miles. The islands are mainly of volcanic origin and lie in a direction from S.S.E. to N.N.W. Volcanic action is almost exactly in the direction of the group of islands, and a line drawn from the volcano of Tanna in the south to the volcano of Tinakula in the north, a distance of 600 miles, would pass through the volcanoes of Lopevi, Ambrym, Ureparapara, and the boiling springs of Vanua Levu.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 4 , Issue 11 , November 1917 , pp. 496 - 503
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1917

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1 The MS. of this paper was left with me by the Rev. M. Frater on his return to the New Hebrides for publication with some supplementary notes on the eruption after the arrival of his collection. The specimens have been kindly sent me by Admiral Parry, the Hydrographer of the Admiralty, and some account of them will be included in the Report on the Eruption to be published by his Department. This publication, however, may not be issued until the end of the War. Hence, it seems advisable to publish Mr. Frater's interesting account of the eruption without further delay. Mr. Frater acted as guide and interpreter to Commander Hancock during the resurvey of Ambrym after the eruption.—J. W. G.

The geological and petrological description of the Ambrym eruptions, by Professor J. W. Gregory, will appear in the December Number, with a Map of the Island.—Edit. Geol. Mag.

1 This use of the term is consistent with that by miners and civil engineers.