🎳 Fonualei

Tonga · Oceania · 18.02°S, 174.32°W

Fonualei is an uninhabited volcanic island in the kingdom of Tonga. It 70 km northwest of Vavaʻu and 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. The closest island to Fonualei is Tokū 19.7 km to the southeast.

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Quick facts

Country	Tonga
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	18.02°S, 174.32°W · view on map

Fonualei is located in Tonga, in Oceania.

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