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Taal Volcano, an island volcano in the Philippines; ... Vulcano Island, a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea; Other uses. Nicktoons: ...
[1] [2] The islands are all active volcanoes lying atop the Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc that stretches south to the Marianas. They have an area of 32.55 square kilometres (12.57 sq mi), and a population of 380. The island of Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands lies about 1,240 kilometres (670 nmi; 771 mi) southeast of Miyazaki. [3]
The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Karkar Island was by the Spanish navigator Iñigo Órtiz de Retes on 10 August 1545 when on board of the carrack San Juan tried to return from Tidore to New Spain. [2] It was later visited by Willem Schouten and Jacob le Maire and called "High island". In 1643 Abel Tasman passed the island.
The island is a basalt pillar with sheer sides, the only visible portion of a submarine volcanic caldera extending 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) south-east at an average depth of 240 metres (790 ft). The above sea-level portion measures approximately 84 metres east-west and 56 metres north-south, with a summit height of 99 metres (325 ft).
Ruby Seamount is an active volcanic seamount in the Northern Mariana Islands region of the Pacific Ocean about 50 km (31 mi) north-west of Saipan. [ 5 ] [ 1 ] It is in a region where the Pacific Plate is subducting under the Philippine Sea Plate producing arc volcanism .
Below is a list of new islands created since the beginning of the 20th century by volcanism, erosion, glacial retreat, or other mechanisms. One of the most famous new volcanic islands is the small island of Surtsey, located in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland. It first emerged from the ocean surface in 1963.
The island is 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) wide, and was created by the activity of the Manam Volcano, one of the country’s most active. The island was evacuated in 2004 and its residents resettled elsewhere in Papua New Guinea, but many have begun to return despite concerns of future volcanic activity. Manam is still erupting as of January 2024. [4]
North Iwo Jima (Japanese: 北硫黄島, Kita Iwōjima, "North Sulfur Island"), [1] now officially North or Kita Iōtō (written with the same characters) and previously known as Santo [2] or San Alessandro, [3] Hooge Meeuwen Island (Dutch: t'Hooge Meuwen Eylandt, "High Seagull Island"), [4] and North Sulfur Island, is the northernmost member of Japan's Volcano Islands.