The Central Tonga Islands welcomed the birth of a new baby -- a baby island, that is
The Central Tonga Islands welcomed the birth of a new baby – a baby island, that is. The new baby island emerged in the southwest Pacific Ocean, where underwater volcanoes are plentiful. One of these submerged volcanoes awoke on September 10, spewing lava, steam, and ash, according to a statement from the NASA Earth Observatory.
But by September 20, the island had grown to cover 24,000 square meters, or around 6 acres. The new island sits on the Home Reef seamount in the Central Tonga Islands, southwest of the archipelago’s Late Island. You might not want to get too attached to the baby island: islands created by underwater volcanoes “are often short-lived,” says NASA. But sometimes the ephemeral islands can persist for years or even decades.
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