The largest historical eruption of Iya volcano took place in January 1969. During the course of a three-day eruption beginning on January 27 an eruption column reached 5 km above the volcano. Pyroclastic flows and lahars completely overran one village and damaged 7 others, destroying 287 houses.

Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1969.

Copyrighted image used with permission. All Rights Reserved. Contact photographer for any usage requests.

Iya