Li’anga Huo ‘a Maui, 'Eua, Kingdom of Tonga
'Eua, the southernmost island of the Tonga Group is a limestone island that rides the eastern edge of the Australia Tectonic Plate. As the Pacific Plate is subducted beneath the Australia Plate, 'Eua is slowly being lifted up, with steep cliffs on the eastern side declining to the low energy coast on the western side.
Here the cliffs have been eroded by the hydraulic forces of the free waves exploding against the cliffs. Sea caves, arches, and blowholes are formed.
The Polynesian legend associated with this arch is that the demigod Maui threw his digging stick and punctured this cliff hence : Li'anga Huo.
Li’anga Huo ‘a Maui, 'Eua, Kingdom of Tonga
'Eua, the southernmost island of the Tonga Group is a limestone island that rides the eastern edge of the Australia Tectonic Plate. As the Pacific Plate is subducted beneath the Australia Plate, 'Eua is slowly being lifted up, with steep cliffs on the eastern side declining to the low energy coast on the western side.
Here the cliffs have been eroded by the hydraulic forces of the free waves exploding against the cliffs. Sea caves, arches, and blowholes are formed.
The Polynesian legend associated with this arch is that the demigod Maui threw his digging stick and punctured this cliff hence : Li'anga Huo.