Fonualei
Sign in to saveFonualei 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.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Fonualei
- Mountain.photo
- Fonualei.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- image of Fonualei Island, northern Tonga, Pacific Ocean
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 188
- Mountain.listing
- List of volcanoes in Tonga
- Mountain.location
- Tonga Islands
- Mountain.formed_by
- Subduction zone volcanism
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano
- Mountain.last_eruption
- June 1957
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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.
==Geography== The island is the peak of an active volcano which rises 1000m from the seafloor. It has a diameter of 2 km and a maximum height of 188m. The coast is surrounded by cliffs, with only two beaches suitable for a landing. The western, southern, and north-eastern sides have narrow fringing reefs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fonualei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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