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Country: | Tonga | |
| Subregion Name: | Tonga Islands | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0403-01= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Submarine volcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Historical | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 1932 | ||
| Summit Elevation: | -500? m | - 1,640 feet | |
| Latitude: | 21.38°S | 21°23'0"S | |
| Longitude: | 175.65°W | 175°39'0"W | |
| During an eruption in 1907 from an unnamed submarine volcano pyroclastic material was ejected to 100 m above the sea surface, and pumice rafts were produced. The eruption was approximately located on Admiralty Chart 2421 at a point 48 km SW of Tongatapu Island, along the Tofua volcanic arc. Tongatapu is located at the southern end of a chain of coral islands paralleling the Tofua volcanic arc on its eastern side. The reported location of the 1907 eruption corresponds to sloping terrain at 1800 m depth on a 1982 bathymetric map, but a seamount of about 500 m depth is located about 10 km to the NE. A second eruption from this area was reported in late 1932. | |||