<p>Created by a volcanic eruption in 2015, this island in the South Pacific no longer exists… but we chat with a person who got to see it before it disappeared.</p><p>LEARN MORE about Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in this <a href="https://www.reuters.com/graphics/TONGA-VOLCANO/LIGHTNING/zgpomjdbypd/">Reuters article</a> and see it in the Atlas <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hunga-ha-apai-new-volcano-island">here</a></p>


The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.