Hunga Tonga
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is a volcanic island[1] in Tonga. It is about 30 km (19 mi) south of the submarine volcano of Fonuafoʻou and 65 km (40 mi) north of Tongatapu, the country's main island
The volcano is part of the highly active Tonga–Kermadec Islands volcanic arc.[2][3]
On 14 January 2022, it erupted violently.
Hunga Tonga Media
Hunga Tonga and Hunga Haʻapai in 1978
Hunga Tonga and Hunga Haʻapai on 20 December 2021 (the only major subaerial part of the volcano) formed a single island from 2015 to 2022
Radar image of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai on October 7, 2019
False-color satellite image taken 25 March 2009, showing new land south of Hunga Haʻapai. Clouds cover the space between the new land and Hunga Haʻapai.
Satellite image of the 2015 volcanic eruption at Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai
View from the summit of Hunga Tonga – Hunga Haʻapai in June 2017
Satellite animation of the initial ash plume and shockwave on 15 January
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References
- ↑ "New island 'now home to flowers and owls'" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2019-02-07. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47153797. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ↑ Clift, Peter D.; Rose, Estelle F.; Shimizu, Nobumichi; Layne, Graham D.; Draut, Amy E.; and Regelous, Marcel. "Tracing the Evolving Flux From the Subducting Plate in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc System Using Boron in Volcanic Glass." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 65:19 (October 2001).
- ↑ Gupta, Alok K. Igneous Rocks. Mumbai, India: Allied Publishers, 1998. ISBN 81-7023-784-X
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