List of volcanoes in Tonga

Last updated February 17, 2025

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

Name	Elevation^[1]	Location	Last eruption
Name	Elevation^[1]	Coordinates	Last eruption
ʻAta	382 m (1,253 ft)	22°09′S176°11′W / 22.15°S 176.18°W / -22.15; -176.18 (ʻAta)	-
Curacoa	−33 m (−108 ft)	15°37′S173°40′W / 15.62°S 173.67°W / -15.62; -173.67 (Curacoa)	1979
Dugong	−1,170 m (−3,839 ft)	15°25′52″S175°43′30″W / 15.431°S 175.725°W / -15.431; -175.725	-
East Mata	−1,286 m (−4,219 ft)	15°06′07″S173°40′37″W / 15.102°S 173.677°W / -15.102; -173.677	Pleistocene
Fonuafo'ou	−17 m (−56 ft)	20°19′S175°25′W / 20.32°S 175.42°W / -20.32; -175.42 (Fanua foʻou)	1936
Fonualei	180 m (591 ft)	18°01′12″S174°19′30″W / 18.02°S 174.325°W / -18.02; -174.325 (Fonualei)	1957
Home Reef	−10 m (−33 ft)	18°59′31″S174°46′30″W / 18.992°S 174.775°W / -18.992; -174.775 (Home Reef)	2023
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai	114 m (374 ft)	20°34′S175°23′W / 20.57°S 175.38°W / -20.57; -175.38 (Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai)	2022
Kao	1,030 m (3,379 ft)	19°40′S175°02′W / 19.67°S 175.03°W / -19.67; -175.03 (Kao)	Holocene
Late	540 m (1,772 ft)	18°48′22″S174°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″S176°16′59″W / 15.333°S 176.283°W / -15.333; -176.283	-
Metis Shoal	43 m (141 ft)	19°11′S174°52′W / 19.18°S 174.87°W / -19.18; -174.87 (Metis Shoal)	2019
Niuafoʻou	260 m (853 ft)	15°36′S175°38′W / 15.60°S 175.63°W / -15.60; -175.63 (Niuafoʻou)	1985
Niuatahi	−1,270 m (−4,167 ft)	15°22′44″S174°00′11″W / 15.379°S 174.003°W / -15.379; -174.003 (Niuatahi)	Unknown
Niuatoputapu ^[2]	157 m (515 ft)	15°58′S173°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″S173°47′35″W / 15.005°S 173.793°W / -15.005; -173.793	Pleistocene
Tafahi	560 m (1,837 ft)	15°51′S173°43′W / 15.85°S 173.72°W / -15.85; -173.72 (Tafahi)	Holocene
Tafu-Maka	−1,400 m (−4,593 ft)	15°22′S174°14′W / 15.37°S 174.23°W / -15.37; -174.23	2008
Tofua	515 m (1,690 ft)	19°45′S175°04′W / 19.75°S 175.07°W / -19.75; -175.07 (Tofua)	2022 (Ongoing)
Unnamed (1)	−13 m (−43 ft)	20°51′S175°32′W / 20.85°S 175.53°W / -20.85; -175.53	1999
Unnamed (2)	−500 m (−1,640 ft)	21°23′S175°39′W / 21.38°S 175.65°W / -21.38; -175.65	1932
Volcano F	−40 m (−131 ft)	18°19′30″S174°21′54″W / 18.325°S 174.365°W / -18.325; -174.365	2019
West Mata	−1,174 m (−3,852 ft)	15°06′S173°45′W / 15.1°S 173.75°W / -15.1; -173.75	2016

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

↑
- 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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[1] 
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).

[mw6w] 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).

[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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