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Whakaari / White Island and the sea stacks that form Club Rocks and Volckner Rocks are the emergent summits of a larger, 16 by 18 kilometres (9.9 by 11.2 mi), submarine volcano. It is known as White Island Volcano and has a total volume of 78 km 3 (19 cu mi). The bathymetry surrounding the emergent summit of Whakaari / White Island consists of ...
Qikiqtaaluk (Foxe Basin), formerly White Island, Nunavut, Canada; Mau Mau Island, also known as White Island, in the US state of New York; Isles of Shoals, also known as White and Seavey Islands, in the US state of New Hampshire White Island State Historic Site; White Island Pond, Massachusetts, U.S. White Island Shores, Massachusetts, U.S.
White Island is an uninhabited white sandbar located about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) off the northern shore of Mambajao in the volcanic island of Camiguin in the Philippines. The island is generally horseshoe shaped, although the tides constantly resize and reshape its exact form.
Whakaari/White Island is currently on Alert Level 2. This level indicates moderate to heightened volcanic unrest, there is the potential for eruption hazards to occur. White Island Tours operates through the varying alert levels but passengers should be aware that there is always a risk of eruptive activity regardless of the alert level.
White Island) is an island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica It is 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf immediately east of Black Island . It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and so named by them because of the mantle of snow that covers it.
White Island (Māori: Pounui-a-Hine) is an island 2,500 metres (2,700 yd) off the coast of Otago, within the boundaries of the city of Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. It is uninhabited, and is a well-known landmark visible from the city's two inner city beaches at St Clair and St Kilda .
White Island State Historic Site in Rye, New Hampshire, protects 5 acres (2.0 ha) of White Island and the Isles of Shoals Light, an 1865 lighthouse and keeper's cottage. [ 1 ] Access to White Island is by boat.
White Island figures, Lough Erne. The ruined church on the island has a reconstructed plain Romanesque doorway. Secured to the north side of the south wall are eight carvings (seven figures and one head) built into the masonry of the church. [3] Most of the figures were carved wearing the long tunics of churchmen.