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Yersey

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Location
  
Lesser Sunda Islands

Type
  
Submarine volcano?

Last eruption
  
Unknown

Country
  
Indonesia

Age of rock
  
Uncertain

Elevation
  
-3,800 m

Yersey

Summit depth
  
3,800 metres (12,000 ft)?

Similar
  
Manuk, Iliwerung, Gunungapi Wetar, Banua Wuhu, Ilimuda

Yersey is a submarine volcano in Indonesia. It was listed as an active volcano in the old sea charts at the location in the southern of Banda Basin. During the 1929 survey, the volcano was spotted at the depth of 3,800 m along the ridge that stretches from Batu Tara until Gunungapi Wetar.

Map of Yersey, Indonesia

References

Yersey Wikipedia