Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is a submarine volcano in the South Pacific located about 30 km south of the submarine volcano of Fonuafoʻou and 65 km north of Tongatapu, Tonga's main island. It is part of
Hunga Tonga and Hunga Haʻapai in 1978
View from the summit of Hunga Tonga – Hunga Haʻapai in June 2017
An image from the International Space Station of the spreading high-altitude smoke cloud
Tonga, officially known as the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about 750 km2, sc
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai
…submarine volcano in the South Pacific located about 30 km (19 mi) south of the submarine volcano of Fonuafoʻou and 65 km (40 mi) north of Tongatapu, Tonga's main island. It is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone and its associated volcanic arc, which extends from New Zealand north-northeast…
The arrival of Abel Tasman in Tongatapu, 1643; drawing by Isaack Gilsemans
Reception for Captain Cook, Ha'apai, Tonga, 1773-1784
William Mariner was a teenaged English sailor adopted into a royal Tongan family.
Wattled honeyeater in Tonga