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Japan gets a new island in Tokyo Prefecture after undersea volcano erupts
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/09/japan-gets-a-new-island-after-undersea-volcano-erupts
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Japan has gained another island to add to its already impressive collection, after an undersea volcanic eruption 1,200km (745 miles) south of Tokyo created a new landmass.
Maeno, who flew over the site at the end of October, told the Kyodo news agency that plumes of smoke and ash of more than 50 metres high rose every few minutes during the eruptions.
He also witnessed large rocks hurtling through the air and bands of brown pumice stones floating in the sea, which had changed colour as a result of the eruption, Kyodo reported.
Iwoto – the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific war and one of 111 active volcanoes in Japan – is located near another new island that was formed after an eruption in 2021.
New islands made up of ash and rock fragments could struggle to resist constant battering by waves, but continued volcanic activity could produce lava flows that eventually form a harder, more durable surface.
No one realised it had disappeared until the author Hiroshi Shimizu visited the area to write a sequel to his picture book on Japan’s “hidden” islands.
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