Volcanoes of Tonga

22 volcanoes · 5 significant eruptions on record

Every volcano in Tonga in NOAA’s record and every significant eruption among them.

Tonga’s volcanoes on the map

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 record

Volcanoes: 22
Significant eruptions: 5
Deaths counted: 31

Every significant eruption

Newest first.

Every volcano

Volcano	Type	Elevation	Last known eruption	Significant eruptions
Curacoa	Submarine volcano	-33 m	1900 to 1963
Dugong	Submarine	-1,170 m
Fonuafo'ou	Submarine volcano	-17 m	1900 to 1963
Fonualei	Stratovolcano	188 m	1900 to 1963
Home Reef	Submarine volcano	-10 m	1964 or later
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai	Submarine volcano	114 m	1964 or later	1
Kao	Stratovolcano	1,009 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Late	Stratovolcano	540 m	1800 to 1899
Lateiki	Submarine volcano	43 m	1964 or later
Lobster	Submarine	-1,500 m
Niuafo'ou	Shield volcano	260 m	1964 or later	2
Niuatahi	Caldera	-1,270 m
Tafahi	Submarine volcano	546 m	1964 or later
Tafu-Maka	Submarine volcano	-1,400 m	1964 or later
Tofua	Caldera	515 m	1900 to 1963	1
Unnamed	Submarine volcano	-68 m	1900 to 1963	1
Unnamed	Not Volcanic	0 m	1900 to 1963
Unnamed	Submarine volcano	-296 m	1964 or later
Unnamed	Submarine volcano	-385 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Unnamed	Submarine volcano	-65 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Unnamed	Submarine volcano	-40 m	1964 or later
West Mata	Submarine volcano	-1,174 m	1964 or later

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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.