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Fonualei Volcano - John Seach
Tonga
18.02 S, 174.32 W
summit elevation 200 m
stratovolcano
Fonualei volcano is a 2 km wide island with a breached crater to SW and a lava flow reaching the sea. The volcano rises from a depth of 1000 m and has mostly cliffs on the coast, except on NW and W where there are small sandy beaches. Fonualei Island has a narrow fringing reef on the NE, S, and W sides.
The volcano has violent eruptions every 40-50 years. There were possible eruptions on September 27, 28 and 30, 2001.
Fonualei Volcano Eruptions
2001?, 1974?, 1957, 1951, 1943, 1939, 1906, 1847, 1846, 1791.