GVP volcano 243061 · no holder yet
Kao
Kao is a 1,009 m stratovolcano in Tonga, last erupted in 1847.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,009 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1847
- Largest known
- VEI 2, explosive, 1847
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 19.67°S 175.02°W · Tonga
- Region
- Tofua Volcanic Arc, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 243061
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).