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Monowai Seamount
Summit depth	132 metres (433 ft)^[1]
Location
Location	North of the Kermadec Islands; south of Tonga
Coordinates	25°53′13″S 177°11′17″W / 25.887°S 177.188°W / -25.887; -177.188
Country	New Zealand
Geology
Last eruption	2011

Monowai is a volcanic seamount to the north of New Zealand. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kermadec volcanic arc.

The most recent eruptions were in 2008^[2] and 2011.^[3]

The summit is approximately 132 metres (433 ft)^[1] below sea level, considerably above the level of the nearby Tonga and Kermadec Trenches. The summit's position and depth changed between 1998 and 2004, due to a landslide and eruptive regrowth. A 1500 metre deep caldera, 13 by 8 km, lies 5–15 km NNE of the seamount's main cone.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Global Volcanism Program: Monowai Seamount
^ Global Volcanism Program: Monowai Seamount, eruptive history
^ David Shukman (13 May 2012). "Rise and fall of underwater volcano revealed". BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18040658. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

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