Mount Tukosmera

Mount Tukosmera
Mount Tukosmera
Elevation 1,084 m (3,556 ft)
Location
Location Tanna, Vanuatu
Coordinates 19°27′18″S 169°16′24″E / 19.455°S 169.27333°E / -19.455; 169.27333
Geology
Age of rock Pleistocene

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 It was a volcano in the Pleistocene, but is no longer active, as is Mount Yasur.

The mountain has special religious significance for the adherents of the John Frum movement, as a place from which gods come.



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