Tonga · Fissure vent
Tafu-Maka
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Elevation
- 1400m (submarine)
- Last eruption
- 2008
- Type
- Fissure vent
- Country
- Tonga
- Region
- Tonga & Kermadec / Northeast Lau Basin Volcano Group
- Elevation
- 1400m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- -15.370, -174.230
- Last eruption
- 2008
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Cluster
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
Two submarine volcanoes, Tafu and Maka, lie along a NE-SW-trending ridge segment in the southern part of the NE Lau Spreading Center (NELSC).
Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →
Eruption history
1 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 1
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 2008 – 2008
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 0 (2008)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 2008VEI 0Observed2008-11-16 – 2008-11-16Maka
Nearby volcanoes
External links
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- Smithsonian GVP source page
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