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Fonualei

Fonualei is an uninhabited volcanic island in the kingdom of . It 70 km northwest of and is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone and its associated volcanic arc, which extends from north-northeast to , and is formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Tonga
  • Also known as: “Amargura”, “Fanoualei”, “Fanua Lai”, and “Gardner’s Island”

Fonualei

Latitude
-18.02273° or 18° 1′ 22″ south
Longitude
-174.31648° or 174° 18′ 59″ west
Elevation
81 metres (266 feet)
Open location code
52H7XMGM+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 320342960
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4032662
Wiki­data ID
Q1427939
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Satellite Map

Discover Fonualei from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tonga—“Fonualei” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة فونوالي”
  • Basque: “Fonualei”
  • Bulgarian: “Фонуалеи”
  • Catalan: “Fonualei”
  • Cebuano: “Fonualei”
  • Chinese: “佛努瓦累島”
  • Chinese: “佛努阿雷島”
  • Dutch: “Fonualei”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فونوالى”
  • Esperanto: “Fonualei”
  • French: “Fonualei”
  • Galician: “Fonualei”
  • Georgian: “ფონუალეი”
  • German: “Fonualei”
  • Hebrew: “פונואליי”
  • Irish: “Fonualei”
  • Italian: “Fonualei”
  • Japanese: “フォヌアレイ島”
  • Russian: “Фонуалеи”
  • Slovak: “Fonualei”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Fonualei”
  • “Fonualei”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fonualei”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.