GVP volcano 243030 · no holder yet
Tofua Arc at 20.9°S
Tofua Arc at 20.9°S is a submarine stratovolcano 296 m under the Pacific, erupting as recently as 2017.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 296 m below sea level
- Rock
- No Data (checked)
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2017
- Largest known
- VEI 1, gentle, 1999
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 20.85°S 175.55°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Tofua Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 243030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).