Eruption of Fonualei

Ne zaman

21 Ağu 1951

Tür

Yanardağ patlaması

Koordinatlar

18.02° S, 174.32° W

Vei

2

Vent

North-central part of the island

Dated by

Observations: Reported

Volcano number

243100

Eruption number

14782

Island in Tonga

Fonualei is an uninhabited volcanic island in the kingdom of Tonga. It 70 km northwest of Vavaʻu and is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone and its associated volcanic arc, which extends from New Zealand north-northeast to Fiji, and is formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate. The closest island to Fonualei is Tokū 19.7 km to the southeast.

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