A rising volcanic plume from an unknown source was observed on 9-11 August 2006 in the Vava'u Island group in the northernmost islands of Tonga [Matangi News Online, 2006]. On 12 August, the crew on board the yacht Maiken, sailing west from Vava'u to Fiji, encountered 'a vast, many miles wide, belt of densely packed pumice' floating on the water (F. Fransson personal communication, 2006). Later, the crew sailed south and discovered that the source of the pumice was a newly erupting submarine volcano near Home Reef (18.991 deg S, 174.767 deg W).


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Satellite Observations of New Volcanic Island in Tonga


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Eos ; 88 , 4


    Publication date :

    2007-01-23


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






    General service vessel for Tonga

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1959


    Simulated Volcanic Ash Satellite Imagery

    Millington, S. / Saunders, R. / Francis, P. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2013


    VAMOSS - Volcanic Ash Monitoring Satellite System

    Chen, D. / Cohen, O. / Cohen, T. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2013