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Mount Tukuwasmera

mountain, Vanuatu

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Mount Tukuwasmera is a volcano located on Tanna, an island in Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It rises to an elevation of 3,556 feet (1,084 meters). Tanna is a fertile island known for producing copra, coffee, and cattle for export. The island is also home to Yasur, an active volcano that has been erupting for centuries. Tanna is also recognized as the center of a cargo cult associated with a figure named Jon Frum.1

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  1. Vanua Lava
  2. Tanna

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