Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai

English

The two islands, circa 1978, representing the two highest peaks of the submerged seamount

The former island, circa 2017, destroyed in a 2022 volcanic explosion

Etymology

From Hunga Tonga +‎ Hunga Ha'apai. From Tongan Hunga Tonga+Hunga Ha‘apai.

Proper noun

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai

1. A seamount and volcano in Tonga, Oceania, in the Tonga archipelago, Polynesia, Pacific ocean, that has two peaks that become the islets of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai
2. A former island in Tonga, on the seamount; formed from a new cinder cone that rose in the strait between the islands of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai, and connected them; which was destroyed in a 2022 explosive eruption, leaving the two prior islands, now smaller, separated again

Synonyms

• Hunga Tonga Ha'apai

Hyponyms

• Hunga Ha'apai
• Hunga Tonga