Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai

Local nameHunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai
LocationHaʻapai, Tonga

Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai () is a submarine volcano in the South Pacific located about 30 km south of the submarine volcano of Fonuafoʻou and 65 km north of Tongatapu, Tonga's main island. It 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. It lies about 100 km above an active seismic zone.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunga_Tonga–Hunga_Haʻapai

Coordinates -20°32'42.011" N -175°23'26.527" E

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