Metis Shoal
Metis Shoal, also known as Lateiki Island, is a volcanic island at the top of a submarine volcano in Tonga, located between the islands of Kao and Late. The current island formed in October 2019, when a smaller island disappeared after 24 years.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Metis Shoal
- Type: Reef
- Description: island in Tonga
- Categories: volcanic island and landform
- Location: Tonga, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Tonga—“Metis Shoal” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Lateiki adası”
- Catalan: “Lateiki”
- Cebuano: “Metis Shoal”
- Dutch: “Metis Shoal”
- French: “Metis Shoal”
- Galician: “Lateiki”
- Japanese: “メティス礁”
- Polish: “Lateiki”
- Russian: “Латеики”
- Slovak: “Metis”
- Spanish: “Lateiki”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Metis Island”
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