Tofua
About Tofua
Tofua is a volcanic island in Tonga. Located in the Haʻapai island group, it is a steep-sided composite cone with a summit caldera. It is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone and its associated volcanic arc, which extends from New Zealand north-northeast to Fiji, and is formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate. It lies about 100 km (62 mi) above a very active seismic zone. It is connected to the nearby island of Kao by a submarine ridge. As of August 2025, the cone contains a lava lake.
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This island called Tofua, it's got like a ring, almost like the top's been cut off and there's a ring and there's a lake inside it. Then nearby there's another volcano that looks like a perfect triangle.
from 591: No Such Thing As Anti-Schmetterling Schnibbles, 2025-07-10 at 00:18:19 · read transcript
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