Vanuatu: Mt. Ambae: Volcano, risk areas, infrastructure and settlements data from ProVention Consortium, 2003

Ambae, Vanuatu, 2005

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Asia and the Pacific (UN OCHA-ROAP) Information Management Unit. (2005). Vanuatu: Mt. Ambae Volcano, risk areas, infrastructure and settlements. UN OCHA-ROAP ROAP-VUT001-v1

This hazard map was created for the situational awareness of an international agency. This map is presented here to serve as an example of this map type. It is NOT the official, operational map. For the current operational hazard map, please consult the proper institutional authorities.

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Map Data

Map ID	418
Hazard Process(es)	Floods or jokulhaups; Lahars; Surges; Tephra fall; Vent-opening hazards
Hazard Zone Presentation	Hazard level-focused: All or most hazards are combined by hazard level on a main map panel
Temporal Scale	Crisis, or short-term, map (hours to decades)
Spatial Scale	Island
Publication Format	Unknown format
Zonation Method(s)	Derived/simplified from another map
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) Considered	No scenarios were discernable from the map
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)	Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Purpose	Situational awareness for federal/international government
Audience	International relief or aid groups (UN, etc.)
Language(s)	English
Basemap(s)	Simple or sketch map
Basemap overlay(s)	Street map
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Red to Green
Volcanic Alert Level System

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