Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Hunga_Tonga_1978_D3C1214-401098A023.jpg.webp)
The two islands, circa 1978, representing the two highest peaks of the submerged seamount
![](Images/wiktionary/Hunga_Tonga_Hunga_Ha%E2%80%99apai_(NGA%252C_2017)_2.jpg.webp)
The former island, circa 2017, destroyed in a 2022 volcanic explosion
Etymology
Hunga Tonga + Hunga Ha'apai. From Tongan Hunga Tonga+Hunga Ha‘apai.
Proper noun
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai
- 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
- 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