Curacoa volcano

{{Short description|Submarine volcano in Tonga}}

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| name = Curacoa

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| elevation = {{convert|-33|m|ft}}

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| vn = 243102

| title = Curacoa

| accessdate = 2010-02-27 }}

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| listing = List of volcanoes in Tonga

| location = Tonga Islands

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| coordinates = {{coord|15.62|S|173.67|W|type:mountain}}

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| type = Submarine volcano

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| last_eruption = May 1979

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Curacoa is a submarine volcano located south of the Curacoa Reef in northern Tonga. The reef is 24fm North of Tafahi in the Niua Islands.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337845816/view?sectionId=nla.obj-341522151 |title=Lateiki: Tonga's new jack-in-the-box island |work=Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=50 |issue=11 |pages=30–33 |date=1 November 1979 |access-date=24 December 2021 |via=National Library of Australia}} Eruptions were observed in 1973 and 1979 from two separate vents. The 1973 eruption produced a large raft of dacitic pumice, and had a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 3.