List of volcanoes in Tonga
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Tonga.
Name | Elevation[1] | Location | Last eruption |
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Coordinates | |||
ʻAta | 382 m (1,253 ft) | 22°09′S 176°11′W / 22.15°S 176.18°W / -22.15; -176.18 (ʻAta) | - |
Curacoa | −33 m (−108 ft) | 15°37′S 173°40′W / 15.62°S 173.67°W / -15.62; -173.67 (Curacoa) | 1979 |
Dugong | −1,170 m (−3,839 ft) | 15°25′52″S 175°43′30″W / 15.431°S 175.725°W / -15.431; -175.725 | - |
East Mata | −1,286 m (−4,219 ft) | 15°06′07″S 173°40′37″W / 15.102°S 173.677°W / -15.102; -173.677 | Pleistocene |
Fonuafo'ou | −17 m (−56 ft) | 20°19′S 175°25′W / 20.32°S 175.42°W / -20.32; -175.42 (Fanua foʻou) | 1936 |
Fonualei | 180 m (591 ft) | 18°01′12″S 174°19′30″W / 18.02°S 174.325°W / -18.02; -174.325 (Fonualei) | 1957 |
Home Reef | −10 m (−33 ft) | 18°59′31″S 174°46′30″W / 18.992°S 174.775°W / -18.992; -174.775 (Home Reef) | 2023 |
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai | 114 m (374 ft) | 20°34′S 175°23′W / 20.57°S 175.38°W / -20.57; -175.38 (Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai) | 2022 |
Kao | 1,030 m (3,379 ft) | 19°40′S 175°02′W / 19.67°S 175.03°W / -19.67; -175.03 (Kao) | Holocene |
Late | 540 m (1,772 ft) | 18°48′22″S 174°39′00″W / 18.806°S 174.65°W / -18.806; -174.65 (Late) | 1854 |
Lobster | −1,500 m (−4,921 ft) | 15°19′59″S 176°16′59″W / 15.333°S 176.283°W / -15.333; -176.283 | - |
Metis Shoal | 43 m (141 ft) | 19°11′S 174°52′W / 19.18°S 174.87°W / -19.18; -174.87 (Metis Shoal) | 2019 |
Niuafoʻou | 260 m (853 ft) | 15°36′S 175°38′W / 15.60°S 175.63°W / -15.60; -175.63 (Niuafoʻou) | 1985 |
Niuatahi | −1,270 m (−4,167 ft) | 15°22′44″S 174°00′11″W / 15.379°S 174.003°W / -15.379; -174.003 (Niuatahi) | Unknown |
Niuatoputapu[2] | 157 m (515 ft) | 15°58′S 173°44′W / 15.96°S 173.74°W / -15.96; -173.74 (Niuatoputapu) | 3 million years ago |
Northern Matas | −1,855 m (−6,086 ft) | 15°00′18″S 173°47′35″W / 15.005°S 173.793°W / -15.005; -173.793 | Pleistocene |
Tafahi | 560 m (1,837 ft) | 15°51′S 173°43′W / 15.85°S 173.72°W / -15.85; -173.72 (Tafahi) | Holocene |
Tafu-Maka | −1,400 m (−4,593 ft) | 15°22′S 174°14′W / 15.37°S 174.23°W / -15.37; -174.23 | 2008 |
Tofua | 515 m (1,690 ft) | 19°45′S 175°04′W / 19.75°S 175.07°W / -19.75; -175.07 (Tofua) | 2022 (Ongoing) |
Unnamed (1) | −13 m (−43 ft) | 20°51′S 175°32′W / 20.85°S 175.53°W / -20.85; -175.53 | 1999 |
Unnamed (2) | −500 m (−1,640 ft) | 21°23′S 175°39′W / 21.38°S 175.65°W / -21.38; -175.65 | 1932 |
Volcano F | −40 m (−131 ft) | 18°19′30″S 174°21′54″W / 18.325°S 174.365°W / -18.325; -174.365 | 2019 |
West Mata | −1,174 m (−3,852 ft) | 15°06′S 173°45′W / 15.1°S 173.75°W / -15.1; -173.75 | 2016 |
References
- Peate, David W.; Kokfelt, Thomas F.; Hawkesworth, Chris J.; van Calsteren, Peter W.; Hergt, Janet M.; Pearce, Julian A. (2001). "U-series Isotope Data on Lau Basin Glasses: the Role of Subduction-related Fluids during Melt Generation in Back-arc Basins". Journal of Petrology. 42 (8): 1449–1470. doi:10.1093/petrology/42.8.1449. See especially Figure 1.
- Global Volcanism Program (GVP)
- D. Stanley; South Pacific handbook
- Government of Tonga, official 1962 land survey
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- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
- ^ Wendt J. I.; Regelous M.; Collerson K. D.; Ewart A. (1997). "Evidence for a contribution from two mantle plumes to island-arc lavas from northern Tonga". Geology. 25 (7): 611–614. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0611:EFACFT>2.3.CO;2.