GVP volcano 243050 · no holder yet
Fonuafo'ou
Fonuafo'ou is a submarine stratovolcano 17 m under the Pacific, last erupted in 1936.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 17 m below sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1936
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 1885
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 20.32°S 175.42°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Tofua Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 243050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).