Soretimeat (or Suretamatai) is located on Vanua Lava Island.
There is a chain of cones, the youngest at the NE end.
The youngest cone contains a crater 2,700 ft in diameter and
300 ft deep.
The most recent eruptions were in 1965-66 with VEI of 2.
Stamp on left below shows the entire archipelago, that on
the right, the Banks Island Group.
Stamps courtesy of Sheryll Oswald
The following stamps were issued by the British in 1977-78
The following stamps were issued by the French
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