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

NameElevation[1]LocationLast eruption
Coordinates
ʻAta382 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; -173.677Pleistocene
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
Fonualei180 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)2022
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai114 m (374 ft)20°34′S 175°23′W / 20.57°S 175.38°W / -20.57; -175.38 (Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai)2022
Kao1,030 m (3,379 ft)19°40′S 175°02′W / 19.67°S 175.03°W / -19.67; -175.03 (Kao)Holocene
Late540 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 Shoal43 m (141 ft)19°11′S 174°52′W / 19.18°S 174.87°W / -19.18; -174.87 (Metis Shoal)2019
Niuafoʻou260 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; -173.793Pleistocene
Tafahi560 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; -174.232008
Tofua515 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; -175.531999
Unnamed (2)−500 m (−1,640 ft)21°23′S 175°39′W / 21.38°S 175.65°W / -21.38; -175.651932
Volcano F−40 m (−131 ft)18°19′30″S 174°21′54″W / 18.325°S 174.365°W / -18.325; -174.3652019
West Mata−1,174 m (−3,852 ft)15°06′S 173°45′W / 15.1°S 173.75°W / -15.1; -173.752016

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
  1. ↑
  2. ↑ 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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