GVP volcano 243110 · no holder yet
Niuafo'ou
Niuafo'ou is a 260 m shield volcano in Tonga, last erupted in 1946.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 260 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1946
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1886
- Eruptions
- 8 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 15.60°S 175.63°W · Tonga
- Region
- Northeast Lau Basin Volcano Group, Tonga-Kermadec Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 243110
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).