Tafu-Maka, Tonga

Submarine volcano · -1,400 m (-4,593 ft) · Tonga-SW Pacific

Tafu-Maka is a submarine volcano in Tonga, -1,400 m (-4,593 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Tafu-Maka on the map

Tafu-Maka and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Submarine volcano
Elevation: -1,400 m (-4,593 ft)
Country: Tonga
Region: Tonga-SW Pacific
Summit: 15.370° S, 174.230° W
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 243120

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Tafu-Maka Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.