Explore White Sands in Vanuatu
White Sands in the region of Tafea is a town in Vanuatu - some 143 mi or ( 230 km ) South-East of Port Vila , the country's capital city .
Current time in White Sands is now 03:55 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Pacific/Efate " with a UTC offset of 11 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Yoknaeka, Yetakape, Telekey, Port Vila, and Luganville. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Yoknaeka . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in White Sands ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Yasir Volcano, Vanuatu
Videography on the top of Yasir Volcano! ..
Yakel aux confins du Monde
Le petit village de Yakel situé au centre de l'Ile de Tanna dans l'archipel du Vanuatu. ..
Yasur Volcano Trip 2012
Quick video of Nadias and my trip to Tanna Island to visit an active volcano. skip to 7.50 for volcano ..
The Volcano Yasur
Mt. Yasur is an active volcano on Tanna, Vanuatu. This video is of the strombolian style of eruption, sorry it is so long, but I couldn't bring myself to cut out anymore eruptions. We visited Tanna as ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Mount Yasur
Mount Yasur is an active volcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu (lat/long 19.52 S, 169.43 E) with a height of 361 m above sea level, located on the coast near Sulphur Bay. It lies to the southeast of the taller Mount Tukosmera, which was active in the Pleistocene. It has a largely unvegetated pyroclastic cone with a nearly circular summit crater 400 m in diameter. It is a stratovolcano, caused by the eastward-moving Indo-Australian Plate being subducted under the westward-moving Pacific Plate.
Located at -19.53 169.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Sulphur Bay
Sulphur Bay is a bay on the eastern side of Tanna island in Vanuatu. Nearby is Mount Yasur, called the world's most accessible volcano, and the area is the center of the John Frum cargo cult, a movement that believes their savior, an American World War II GI, resides within Yasur. Sulphur Bay was the first part of the island visited by Westerners, when the glow of Mount Yasur attracted James Cook in 1774.
Located at -19.51 169.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tafea Province
Tafea is the southernmost province of Vanuatu. The name is an acronym for the five main islands that make up the province: including Goat Island (5.6 km northeast, 0.1 km² area) and Vete Manung Island (15 km northeast) including Inyeug Island (0.6 km southwest, airport of Anatom), but without the remote Matthew and Hunter Islands, which are considered by the people of Anatom Island part of their custom ownership
Located at -19.50 169.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tanna (island)
Tanna (sometimes spelled Tana) is an island of Vanuatu. It is 40 km (25 mi) long and 19 km (12 mi) wide, with a total area of 550 km² (212 sq mi). Its highest point is the 1,084 m (3,556 ft) summit of Mount Tukosmera in the south of the island. In the east, northeast of the peak, close to the coast, is where Siwi Lake was located until mid April 2000 when, following unusually heavy rain, the lake burst down the valley into Sulphur Bay, destroying the village with no loss of life.
Located at -19.50 169.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Mount Tukosmera
Mount Tukosmera is the tallest mountain on Tanna, Vanuatu. It is located in the northwest of the island. It was a volcano in the Pleistocene, but is no longer active, unlike Mount Yasur. The mountain has special religious significance for the adherents of the John Frum movement, as a place from which gods come.
Located at -19.45 169.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
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