North Vate (Efate) consists of a group of Holocene stratovolcanoes less than 3 million years old.

These rise to 1,948 ft above sea-level.

Volcano Nguna (Tabutera) is named.

Stamp on left below illustrates entire archipelago, that on right, Efate.

Stamps courtesy of Sheryll Oswald

The following were issued by the British in 1977-78


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