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Volcano Island may refer to: Islands. Volcanic island, an island of volcanic origin; Taal Volcano, an island volcano in the Philippines; Volcano Islands, a group of ...
Geologically, a volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin. The term high island can be used to distinguish such islands from low islands, which are formed from sedimentation or the uplifting of coral reefs (which have often formed on sunken volcanoes). [1]
Afrikaans; العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца ...
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).
[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 island is an active volcano, and has erupted regularly since 1814. [4] In 1853, an eruption destroyed the village of ʻAhau and killed 25 people. An eruption beginning in August 1886 destroyed buildings and crops and created a new island in the lake. [ 5 ]
The volcano has created an island several times throughout history. [3] It was first spotted by the crew of the British ship HMS Falcon in 1867, while it was still a coral reef. On 11 October 1885, the volcano erupted and spouted tons of molten lava. Three days later, on 14 October 1885, the eruption created an island, which was named Falcon ...
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.