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Country: | Tonga | |
| Subregion Name: | Tonga Islands | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0403-08= | ||
| Volcano Type: | Submarine volcano | ||
| Volcano Status: | Historical | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | 2006 | ||
| Summit Elevation: | -2 m | - 7 feet | |
| Latitude: | 18.992°S | 18°59'30"S | |
| Longitude: | 174.775°W | 174°46'30"W | |
| Home Reef, a submarine volcano midway between Metis Shoal and Late Island in the central Tonga islands, was first reported active in the mid-19th century, when an ephemeral island formed. An eruption in 1984 produced a 12-km-high eruption plume, copious amounts of floating pumice, and an ephemeral island 500 x 1500 m wide, with cliffs 30-50 m high that enclosed a water-filled crater. Another island-forming eruption in 2006 produced widespread dacitic pumice rafts. | |||
