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National Reserve Bank of Tonga (tallest building in Tonga)
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By: kkeps
@ 2012-02-10 19:14:10]]>

National Reserve Bank of Tonga (tallest building in Tonga)
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By: kkeps
@ 2012-02-10 19:14:10]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/national-reserve-bank-of-tonga-tallest-building-in-tonga/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/national-reserve-bank-of-tonga-tallest-building-in-tonga/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:14:10 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/national-reserve-bank-of-tonga-tallest-building-in-tonga/ -21.13592500 -175.19554700

Tafahi
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By: hhgygy
@ 2010-09-28 12:05:45]]>

Tafahi
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By: hhgygy
@ 2010-09-28 12:05:45]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/tafahi/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/tafahi/ Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:05:45 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/tafahi/ -15.85292300 -173.74561000

Fua'amotu International Airport (TBU)
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-06-25 03:12:59]]>

Fua'amotu International Airport (TBU)
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-06-25 03:12:59]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fuaamotu-international-airport-tbu/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fuaamotu-international-airport-tbu/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:12:59 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fuaamotu-international-airport-tbu/ -21.24043800 -175.14958000

Lifuka Island Airport (HPA)
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-06-25 03:12:49]]>

Lifuka Island Airport (HPA)
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-06-25 03:12:49]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lifuka-island-airport-hpa/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lifuka-island-airport-hpa/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:12:49 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lifuka-island-airport-hpa/ -19.77700000 -174.34100000

Vava'u International Airport (VAV)
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-06-25 03:12:44]]>

Vava'u International Airport (VAV)
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-06-25 03:12:44]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/vavau-international-airport-vav/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/vavau-international-airport-vav/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:12:44 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/vavau-international-airport-vav/ -18.58578700 -173.96662000

Man to spend 300 days alone on an island
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-05-31 22:36:47
French explorer and adventurer Xavier Rosset is about to embark on a 300 day trip to live alone on a remote tropical island in the South Pacific. His adventures will be filmed and used for a 52 minute documentary.

Tofua Caldera, in Tonga, is the summit caldera of a steep-sided composite cone that forms Tofua Island. Pre-caldera activity is recorded by a sequence of pyroclastic deposits and lavas constituting the older cone, followed on the northern part of the island by froth lavas or welded and unwelded ignimbrite. Following caldera collapse, lavas were erupted from the northern part of the island and the caldera-rim fissure zone, scoria and lavas from the caldera-wall fissure zones, pyroclastics and lavas from intracaldera cones, and recent pyroclastic fall deposits on the outer cone. Eruptive products are mainly basaltic andesites and andesites, plus occasional dacite flows within the older cone. A postcaldera cone with fumarolic activity (Lofia) is situated in the northern part of the caldera; a crater lake of unknown depth occupies most of the remainder.

Most historical eruptions have been small explosions from Lofia cone along the northern caldera rim. The eruptions of 1958-59 caused most of all islanders to evacuate for a year or more.]]>

Man to spend 300 days alone on an island
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-05-31 22:36:47
French explorer and adventurer Xavier Rosset is about to embark on a 300 day trip to live alone on a remote tropical island in the South Pacific. His adventures will be filmed and used for a 52 minute documentary.

Tofua Caldera, in Tonga, is the summit caldera of a steep-sided composite cone that forms Tofua Island. Pre-caldera activity is recorded by a sequence of pyroclastic deposits and lavas constituting the older cone, followed on the northern part of the island by froth lavas or welded and unwelded ignimbrite. Following caldera collapse, lavas were erupted from the northern part of the island and the caldera-rim fissure zone, scoria and lavas from the caldera-wall fissure zones, pyroclastics and lavas from intracaldera cones, and recent pyroclastic fall deposits on the outer cone. Eruptive products are mainly basaltic andesites and andesites, plus occasional dacite flows within the older cone. A postcaldera cone with fumarolic activity (Lofia) is situated in the northern part of the caldera; a crater lake of unknown depth occupies most of the remainder.

Most historical eruptions have been small explosions from Lofia cone along the northern caldera rim. The eruptions of 1958-59 caused most of all islanders to evacuate for a year or more.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/man-to-spend-300-days-alone-on-an-island/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/man-to-spend-300-days-alone-on-an-island/ Sat, 31 May 2008 22:36:47 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/man-to-spend-300-days-alone-on-an-island/ -19.75022500 -175.06473500

Mala'ekula (Tongan Royal Tombs)
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By: kaiken
@ 2007-06-28 13:17:03]]>

Mala'ekula (Tongan Royal Tombs)
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By: kaiken
@ 2007-06-28 13:17:03]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/malaekula-tongan-royal-tombs/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/malaekula-tongan-royal-tombs/ Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:17:03 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/malaekula-tongan-royal-tombs/ -21.13600500 -175.20386700

Royal Palace of Tonga
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By: kaiken
@ 2007-06-28 13:10:19]]>

Royal Palace of Tonga
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By: kaiken
@ 2007-06-28 13:10:19]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/royal-palace-of-tonga/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/royal-palace-of-tonga/ Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:10:19 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/royal-palace-of-tonga/ -21.13138700 -175.20055700

Late Island
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-04-08 23:59:54
From www.volcano.si.edu:

The small, 6-km-wide circular island of Late, lying along the Tofua volcanic arc about 55 km WSW of the island of Vavau, contains a 400-m-wide, 150-m-deep summit crater with an ephemeral lake. The largely submerged basaltic-andesite to andesitic volcano rises 1500 m from the sea floor, with its conical summit reaching 540 m above sea level. Cinder cones are found north of the summit crater, west and north of a semicircular plateau 100-150 m below the summit, and on the NW coast. A graben-like structure on the NE flank contains two large pit craters, the lower of which is partially filled by a saltwater lake. Only two eruptions have occurred in historical time, both from NE-flank craters, which produced explosive activity and possible lava flows in 1790 and 1854.]]>

Late Island
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-04-08 23:59:54
From www.volcano.si.edu:

The small, 6-km-wide circular island of Late, lying along the Tofua volcanic arc about 55 km WSW of the island of Vavau, contains a 400-m-wide, 150-m-deep summit crater with an ephemeral lake. The largely submerged basaltic-andesite to andesitic volcano rises 1500 m from the sea floor, with its conical summit reaching 540 m above sea level. Cinder cones are found north of the summit crater, west and north of a semicircular plateau 100-150 m below the summit, and on the NW coast. A graben-like structure on the NE flank contains two large pit craters, the lower of which is partially filled by a saltwater lake. Only two eruptions have occurred in historical time, both from NE-flank craters, which produced explosive activity and possible lava flows in 1790 and 1854.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/late-island/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/late-island/ Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:59:54 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/late-island/ -18.80579800 -174.64628100

Niuafo'ou (Tin Can Island)
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-04-08 23:47:08
From www.volcano.si.edu:

Niuafo'ou ("Tin Can Island") is a low, 8-km-wide island that forms the summit of a largely submerged basaltic shield volcano. Niuafo'ou is an isolated volcanic island in the north central Lau Basin about 170 km west of the northern end of the Tofua volcanic arc. The circular island encloses a 5-km-wide caldera that is mostly filled by a lake whose bottom extends to below sea level. The inner walls of the caldera drop sharply to the caldera lake, named Big Lake (or Vai Lahi), which contains several small islands and pyroclastic cones on its NE shore. Historical eruptions, mostly from circumferential fissures on the west-to-south side of the island, have been recorded since 1814 and have often damaged villages on this small ring-shaped island. A major eruption at Niuafo'ou in 1946 forced evacuation of most of its 1200 inhabitants.]]>

Niuafo'ou (Tin Can Island)
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-04-08 23:47:08
From www.volcano.si.edu:

Niuafo'ou ("Tin Can Island") is a low, 8-km-wide island that forms the summit of a largely submerged basaltic shield volcano. Niuafo'ou is an isolated volcanic island in the north central Lau Basin about 170 km west of the northern end of the Tofua volcanic arc. The circular island encloses a 5-km-wide caldera that is mostly filled by a lake whose bottom extends to below sea level. The inner walls of the caldera drop sharply to the caldera lake, named Big Lake (or Vai Lahi), which contains several small islands and pyroclastic cones on its NE shore. Historical eruptions, mostly from circumferential fissures on the west-to-south side of the island, have been recorded since 1814 and have often damaged villages on this small ring-shaped island. A major eruption at Niuafo'ou in 1946 forced evacuation of most of its 1200 inhabitants.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/niuafoou-tin-can-island/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/niuafoou-tin-can-island/ Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:47:08 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/niuafoou-tin-can-island/ -15.60130000 -175.63576800