List of volcanoes in Tonga
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Tonga.
| Name | Elevation[1] | Location | Last eruption |
| Coordinates | |||
| ʻAta | 382 m (1,253 ft) | 22.15°S 176.18°W | - |
| Curacoa | −33 m (−108 ft) | 15.62°S 173.67°W | 1979 |
| Fonua foʻou | −17 m (−56 ft) | 20.32°S 175.42°W | 1936 |
| Fonualei | 180 m (591 ft) | 18.02°S 174.325°W | 1957 |
| Home Reef | −10 m (−33 ft) | 18.992°S 174.775°W | 2006 |
| Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai | 114 m (374 ft) | 20.57°S 175.38°W | 2015 |
| Kao | 1,030 m (3,379 ft) | 19.67°S 175.03°W | Holocene |
| Late | 540 m (1,772 ft) | 18.806°S 174.65°W | 1854 |
| Metis Shoal | 43 m (141 ft) | 19.18°S 174.87°W | 1995 |
| Niuafoʻou | 260 m (853 ft) | 15.60°S 175.63°W | 1985 |
| Niuatoputapu[2] | 157 m (515 ft) | 15.96°S 173.74°W | 3 million years ago |
| Tafahi | 560 m (1,837 ft) | 15.85°S 173.72°W | Holocene |
| Tofua | 515 m (1,690 ft) | 19.75°S 175.07°W | 1960 |
| Unnamed (1) | −13 m (−43 ft) | 20.85°S 175.53°W | 1999 |
| Unnamed (2) | −500 m (−1,640 ft) | 21.38°S 175.65°W | 1932 |
| Unnamed (3) | −40 m (−131 ft) | 18.325°S 174.365°W | 2001 |
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
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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.
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