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Image GVP-12437

Ililabalekan forms a peninsula in SW Lembata island, seen here in this July 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 11 km across). The flanks are extensively eroded and geothermal activity occurs at the summit. Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).

Ililabalekan forms a peninsula in SW Lembata island, seen here in this July 2019 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 11 km across). The flanks are extensively eroded and geothermal activity occurs at the summit.

Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2019 (https://www.planet.com/).

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