Mount Tukosmera

{{short description|Mountain on Tanna, Vanuatu}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Tukosmera

| photo =

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| elevation_m = 1084

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| prominence_m = 1084

| prominence_ref= {{Cite web |title=World Ribus – Melanesia|url=https://worldribus.org/melanesia/|access-date=2024-12-25 |website=World Ribus}}

| listing = Ribu

| location = Tanna, Vanuatu

| map = Vanuatu

| coordinates = {{coord|19|34|35|S|169|23|33|E|type:mountain_region:VU_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.collinsmaps.com/maps/Vanuatu/Mount-Tukosmera/P1013294.00.aspx|title=Map of Mount Tukosmera|publisher=Collins Maps|accessdate=2013-04-17}}

| age = Pleistocene

}}

Mount Tukosmera is the tallest mountain on Tanna, Vanuatu. It is located in the southern part of the island. It was a volcano in the Pleistocene, but is no longer active, unlike Mount Yasur. The mountain has special religious significance for the adherents of the John Frum movement, as a place from which gods come.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

Important Bird Area

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A {{convert|6000|ha|acre|adj=on}} tract of the upper slopes of the mountain has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it contains a breeding site for a population of collared petrels.{{cite web |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-tukusmera-iba-vanuatu|title= Mount Tukusmera|author= |date=2021|website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 10 February 2021}}

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