West Mata, Tonga

Submarine volcano · -1,174 m (-3,852 ft) · Tonga-SW Pacific

West Mata is a submarine volcano in Tonga, -1,174 m (-3,852 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1964 or later. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

West Mata on the map

West Mata 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: -1,174 m (-3,852 ft)
Country: Tonga
Region: Tonga-SW Pacific
Summit: 15.100° S, 173.750° W
Last known eruption: 1964 or later
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 243130

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 West Mata 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.