List of volcanoes in Tonga

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Tonga.

NameElevation[1]LocationLast eruption
Coordinates
ʻAta382 m (1,253 ft)22.15°S 176.18°W / -22.15; -176.18 (ʻAta)-
Curacoa−33 m (−108 ft)15.62°S 173.67°W / -15.62; -173.67 (Curacoa)1979
Fonua foʻou−17 m (−56 ft)20.32°S 175.42°W / -20.32; -175.42 (Fanua foʻou)1936
Fonualei180 m (591 ft)18.02°S 174.325°W / -18.02; -174.325 (Fonualei)1957
Home Reef−10 m (−33 ft)18.992°S 174.775°W / -18.992; -174.775 (Home Reef)2006
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai114 m (374 ft)20.57°S 175.38°W / -20.57; -175.38 (Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai)2015
Kao1,030 m (3,379 ft)19.67°S 175.03°W / -19.67; -175.03 (Kao)Holocene
Late540 m (1,772 ft)18.806°S 174.65°W / -18.806; -174.65 (Late)1854
Metis Shoal43 m (141 ft)19.18°S 174.87°W / -19.18; -174.87 (Metis Shoal)1995
Niuafoʻou260 m (853 ft)15.60°S 175.63°W / -15.60; -175.63 (Niuafoʻou)1985
Niuatoputapu[2]157 m (515 ft)15.96°S 173.74°W / -15.96; -173.74 (Niuatoputapu)3 million years ago
Tafahi560 m (1,837 ft)15.85°S 173.72°W / -15.85; -173.72 (Tafahi)Holocene
Tofua515 m (1,690 ft)19.75°S 175.07°W / -19.75; -175.07 (Tofua)1960
Unnamed (1)−13 m (−43 ft)20.85°S 175.53°W / -20.85; -175.531999
Unnamed (2)−500 m (−1,640 ft)21.38°S 175.65°W / -21.38; -175.651932
Unnamed (3)−40 m (−131 ft)18.325°S 174.365°W / -18.325; -174.3652001

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. Retrieved 2007-09-09. See especially Figure 1.
  • D. Stanley; South Pacific handbook
  • Government of Tonga, official 1962 land survey
  1. 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.
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