List of volcanoes in Tonga
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{{see also|Lists of volcanoes}}
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Tonga.
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! rowspan="2"|Name !! rowspan="2"|Elevation{{Global Volcanism Program}} !! Location !!rowspan="2"| Last eruption | |||
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| align="left" |{{okina}}Ata | {{cvt|382|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|22.15|S|176.18|W|type:mountain|name=ʻAta}} | | |
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| align="left" |Curacoa | {{cvt | ||
| 33|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.62|S|173.67|W|type:mountain|name=Curacoa}} | 1979 | |
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| align="left" |Dugong | {{cvt | ||
| 1,170|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.431|S|175.725|W|type:mountain}} | - | |
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| align="left" |East Mata | {{cvt | ||
| 1,286|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.102|S|173.677|W|type:mountain}} | Pleistocene | |
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| align="left" |Fonuafo'ou | {{cvt | ||
| 17|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|20.32|S|175.42|W|type:mountain|name=Fanua foʻou}} | 1936 | |
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| align="left" |Fonualei | {{cvt|180|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|18.02|S|174.325|W|type:mountain|name=Fonualei}} | 1957 |
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| align="left" |Home Reef | {{cvt | ||
| 10|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|18.992|S|174.775|W|type:mountain|name=Home Reef}} | 2023 | |
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| align="left" |Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai | {{cvt|114|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|20.57|S|175.38|W|type:mountain|name=Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai}} | 2022 |
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| align="left" |Kao | {{cvt|1030|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|19.67|S|175.03|W|type:mountain|name=Kao}} | Holocene |
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| align="left" |Late | {{cvt|540|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|18.806|S|174.65|W|type:mountain|name=Late}} | 1854 |
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| align="left" | Lobster | {{cvt | ||
| 1,500|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.333|S|176.283|W|type:mountain}} | - | |
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| align="left" |Metis Shoal | {{cvt|43|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|19.18|S|174.87|W|type:mountain|name=Metis Shoal}} | 2019 |
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| align="left" |Niuafo{{okina}}ou | {{cvt|260|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.60|S|175.63|W|type:mountain|name=Niuafoʻou}} | 1985 |
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| align="left" |Niuatahi | {{cvt | ||
| 1270|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.379|S|174.003|W|type:mountain|name=Niuatahi}} | Unknown | |
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| align="left" |Niuatoputapu{{cite journal |author1=Wendt J. I. |author2=Regelous M. |author3=Collerson K. D. |author4=Ewart A. | year = 1997 | title = Evidence for a contribution from two mantle plumes to island-arc lavas from northern Tonga | url = http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/7/611 | journal = Geology | volume = 25 | issue = 7| pages = 611–614 | doi = 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0611:EFACFT>2.3.CO;2 | url-access = subscription }} | {{cvt|157|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.96|S|173.74|W|type:mountain|name=Niuatoputapu}} | 3 million years ago |
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| align="left" | Northern Matas | {{cvt | ||
| 1,855|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.005|S|173.793|W|type:mountain}} | Pleistocene | |
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| align="left" |Tafahi | {{cvt|560|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.85|S|173.72|W|type:mountain|name=Tafahi}} | Holocene |
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| align="left" | Tafu-Maka | {{cvt | ||
| 1,400|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.37|S|174.23|W|type:mountain}} | 2008 | |
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| align="left" |Tofua | {{cvt|515|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|19.75|S|175.07|W|type:mountain|name=Tofua}} | 2022 (Ongoing) |
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| align="left" | Unnamed (1) | {{cvt | ||
| 13|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|20.85|S|175.53|W|type:mountain}} | 1999 | |
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| align="left" | Unnamed (2) | {{cvt | ||
| 500|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|21.38|S|175.65|W|type:mountain}} | 1932 | |
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| align="left" | Volcano F | {{cvt | ||
| 40|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|18.325|S|174.365|W|type:mountain}} | 2019 | |
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| align="left" | West Mata | {{cvt | ||
| 1,174|m|ft|0}} | {{coord|15.1|S|173.75|W|type:mountain}} | 2016 |
References
- {{cite journal|author1=Peate|first=David W.|last2=Kokfelt|first2=Thomas F.|last3=Hawkesworth|first3=Chris J.|last4=van Calsteren|first4=Peter W.|last5=Hergt|first5=Janet M.|author-link5=Janet Hergt|last6=Pearce|first6=Julian A.|year=2001|title=U-series Isotope Data on Lau Basin Glasses: the Role of Subduction-related Fluids during Melt Generation in Back-arc Basins|journal=Journal of Petrology|volume=42|issue=8|pages=1449–1470|doi=10.1093/petrology/42.8.1449|doi-access=free}} See especially [https://archive.today/20130415154049/http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/42/8/1449/FIG1 Figure 1].
- Global Volcanism Program ([https://volcano.si.edu/ GVP])
- D. Stanley; South Pacific handbook
- Government of Tonga, official 1962 land survey
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