Mount Gharat or Mount Garet (797 m), a

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, is the highest peak on the

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island of

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of the

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in northern

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Geography

The peak is located at the centre of the island, is volcanically active and is surrounded by Lake Letas on all sides except southwest.

Name

The volcano has slightly different names, depending on which of the local languages is being considered. It is known as ''Garet'' in Nume, ''Grāt'' in Dorig, ''Gerät'' in

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, ''Gäräs'' in Lakon. The spelling ''Gharat'' found sometimes on maps is an attempt at transcribing

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''Garat'' . All these names come from a Proto-Torres-Banks form *''ɣarati'', whose literal meaning is “itching, burning” ‒ perhaps in relation to the volcano's toxic fumes.

References

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