List of volcanoes in Tonga

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

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
	meters	feet	Coordinates
ʻAta [verification needed]	382	1253	22.15° S 176.18° W	-
Curacoa	-33	-108	15.62° S 173.67° W	1979
Fonua foʻou	-17	-56	20.32° S 175.42° W	1936
Fonualei	180	591	18.02° S 174.325° W	1957
Home Reef	-2	-7	18.992° S 174.775° W	2006
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai	149	489	20.57° S 175.38° W	1988
Kao	1030	3379	19.67° S 175.03° W	Holocene
Late	540	1772	18.806° S 174.65° W	1854
Metis Shoal	43	141	19.18° S 174.87° W	1995
Niuafoʻou	260	853	15.60° S 175.63° W	1985
Niuatoputapu [verification needed]	157	515	15.96° S 173.74° W	3 million years ago
Tafahi	560	1837	15.85° S 173.72° W	Holocene
Tofua	515	1690	19.75° S 175.07° W	1960
Unnamed	-13	-43	20.85° S 175.53° W	1999
Unnamed	-500	-1640	21.38° S 175.65° W	1932
Unnamed	-300	-984	18.325° S 174.365° W	2001

[edit] References

• Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). 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/world/).
• D. Stanley; South Pacific handbook
• Government of Tonga, official 1962 land survey