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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai
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English
thumb|The two islands, circa 1978, representing the two highest peaks of the submerged seamount
thumb|The former island, circa 2017, destroyed in a 2022 volcanic explosion
Etymology
From en w:Hunga Tonga w:Hunga Ha'apai. From en to Hunga Tonga+Hunga Ha‘apai.
Proper noun
en seamount/and/volcano c/Tonga cont/Oceania in the archipelago:suf/Tonga r/Polynesia ocean:suf/Pacific that has two peaks that become the islets of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai.
en former island c/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
en Hunga Tonga Ha'apai
Hyponyms
en Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai