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Volcanoes of Kermandec Islands (14)

Curtis Island | Gamble | Giggenbach | Havre Seamount | Hinepuia | Hinetapeka | Macauley | Monowai | Putoto | Rakahore | Raoul Island | Volcano OP | Volcano Q | Volcano W
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Curtis Island

(Submarine volcano 137 m / 449 ft)
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Gamble

(Submarine -900 m / -2953 ft)
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Giggenbach

(Submarine volcano -65 m / - 213 ft)
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Havre Seamount

(submarine volcano unknown (around 3,000 ft / 1000 m below surface))
Havre Seamount is an active submarine volcano in the Kermandec Island arc about 75 SW of Curtis island. Little is known about the volcano. Its first document eruption probably started around 18 July 2012 and was discovered in August 2012 after a large pumice raft was discovered i... [more info]

Hinepuia

(Submarine -850 m / -2789 ft)
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Hinetapeka

(Submarine -140 m / -459 ft)
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Macauley

(Caldera 238 m / 781 ft)
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Monowai

(submarine volcano -132 m / - 433 ft)
Map view shows Monowai submarine volcano at the lower left, with subsidiary cones on its northern flank. A large submarine caldera lies at the upper right lies to the NE. The contour interval is 100 meters, and the resolution of the bathymetry data is 25 meters. The proprietary bathymetry data were obtained by scientists of the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) during a 2005 New Zealand/American NOAA Ocean Explorer research expedition to the Kermadec-Tonga arc. Image courtesy of Ian Wright, 2005 (NIWA; http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire)
Map view shows Monowai submarine volcano at the lower left, with subsidiary cones on its northern flank. A large submarine caldera lies at the upper right lies to the NE. The contour interval is 100 meters, and the resolution of the bathymetry data is 25 meters. The proprietary bathymetry data were obtained by scientists of the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) during a 2005 New Zealand/American NOAA Ocean Explorer research expedition to the Kermadec-Tonga arc. Image courtesy of Ian Wright, 2005 (NIWA; http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05fire)
Monowai seamount (also known as Orion seamount) is one of the most active volcanoes of the Kermancec Arc. It has a large submarine caldera and is located halfway between Tonga and the Kermadec Islands. Eruptions at Monowai occur every few years. [more info]

Putoto

(Submarine -260 m / -853 ft)
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Rakahore

(Submarine -640 m / -2100 ft)
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Raoul Island

(stratovolcano 516 m / 1,693 ft)
Raoul Island volcano is the northernmost, largest and best known of the Kermandec islands NE of New Zealand.
The anvil shaped 10 x 6 km wide island is the top of a large stratovolcano breaching the sea surface. At its submarine base, the volcano measures 35 x 20 km. The vo... [more info]

Volcano OP

(Submarine -875 m / -2871 ft)
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Volcano Q

(Submarine -1200 m / -3937 ft)
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Volcano W

(Submarine volcanoes -900? m / - 2,953 ft)
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News & updates:

Mon, 28 Nov 2016, 17:50

Submarine eruption near Tonga: Pumice raft observed on 16 Nov, but origin volcano remains unknown

Location of the observed pumice rafts (image: GeoNet)
It is still unclear which volcano produced the pumice raft observed west of Minerva Reef southwest of Tonga (Pacific Ocean) by a New Zealand Royal Air Force aircraft on 16 November. Read all
Fri, 14 Nov 2014, 07:31

Monovai submarine volcano (Kermandec Islands): eruptions occurred in October 2014

Pumice raft observed on 31 Oct near Monovai seamount (RNZAF via GeoNet)
New Zealand scientists concluded that most likely 3 underwater eruptions occurred during this October at the shallow submarine volcano, one of the most active ones in the Tonga-Kermadec arc. ... Read all
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