Hakau Curacoa

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A submarine volcano south of Curacoa Reef at the northern end of the Tofua volcanic arc was first observed in eruption in 1973. Explosive eruptions, which produced large rafts of dacitic pumice covering an area of more than 100 km2, were observed from the island of Tafahi, 27 km to the SSW.

www: www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0403-102
Wikipedia article: http://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakau_Curacoa
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Coordinates:   15°37'24"S   173°40'18"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago