Have you ever seen how an island is formed? Most islands were formed millennia ago, but in this age of technology we have finally understood how islands form.

It is an area with a diameter of only 100 meters, located just one kilometer from the south coast Iwo Jima, more than a thousand kilometers from mainland Japan. It rises 20 meters above sea level and still has no name.

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This island, so small that it could not be inhabited, It was created after an underwater volcanic eruption on October 30, according to the Meteorological Agency Japan. That makes it the newest island in the world.

The videos obtained by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense ForceShows the terrain with a giant ash cloud above it, a product of the eruption. Setsuya Nakada, professor emeritus of volcanology at the University of Tokyo, cited by the Japanese timesexplained that this island was forming beneath the surface until it would eventually emerge.

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What will happen to the island

Several experts agree on this These types of islands are not permanent. The material is not that durable and its size is not that great, so it will be at the mercy of the waves.

Moreover, in the Ring of Fire, where the island is located, pieces of land appear and disappear all the time, he indicated. National Geographic.

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Currently part of the Ogasawara Islands chain, it would probably retain the name ‘the world’s newest island’. (JO)