The recent highly explosive eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai has brought additional attention to other volcanoes in the nation of Tonga. One of these other volcanoes is a massive ring shaped island covered in recent lava flows. I am not referring to the similar looking Tofua volcano, but rather the Niuafo'ou volcano. Unlike Tofua, the volcano is not a stratovolcano but rather a shield volcano. Thus, many of its eruptions are relatively peaceful, although some have impacted the island's settlements.

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0:00 Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai
0:16 Niuafoʻou
0:51 An Interesting Find
1:24 Geologic Setting
1:55 Geologic History
3:10 Recent Eruptions

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