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New island emerges after underwater volcano eruption south of Tokyo
mainichi.jp ^ | November 8, 2023 (Mainichi Japan)

Posted on 11/08/2023 1:26:11 PM PST by Red Badger

This photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Oct. 30, 2023, shows a column of steam rising from the waters off Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. A new island of 100 meters in diameter, formed by masses of rock spewed from the plumes, is seen near the steam. (Kyodo)

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A small new island has emerged near Iwoto Island, about 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo, following underwater volcanic eruptions occurring since late last month, according to a Japanese researcher.

Fukashi Maeno, associate professor at the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute, said he confirmed phreatomagmatic eruptions took place about 1 km off Iwoto Island in the Pacific and a rocky island with a diameter of around 100 meters as he flew over the site on Oct. 30.

Plumes rose every several minutes during the eruptions, which resulted from magma and seawater interacting, and possibly reached heights of more than 50 meters, occasionally spewing rocks with diameters of several meters, Maeno said.

Pumice stones were spotted floating in waters around the new island, and nearby seawater changed color as a result of the volcanic activity, Maeno said.

Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, is part of the Ogasawara Islands.

According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, eruptions have also taken place in the area between July and December 2022, as well as June this year. The agency said it believes the latest eruptions began on Oct. 21.

The eruptions "show the resumption of magmatic activity. The new island is expected to grow larger if the eruptions continue, but the outlook remains uncertain," Maeno said.


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Outdoors; Weather
KEYWORDS: newisland; tokyo; underwatervolcano; volcano
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China will claim it's theirs.................
1 posted on 11/08/2023 1:26:11 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping!.................


2 posted on 11/08/2023 1:26:36 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

The sea level is falling.


3 posted on 11/08/2023 1:31:54 PM PST by fruser1
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To: Red Badger

They have a new place to drop those who follow below their minimum social credit score. Caldera needs to be fed


4 posted on 11/08/2023 1:32:14 PM PST by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: Red Badger

5 posted on 11/08/2023 1:32:43 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger

What this country needs are more MAGAmatic eruptions !!!


6 posted on 11/08/2023 1:35:35 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Red Badger

Can’t be. Sea is rising due to climate change.


7 posted on 11/08/2023 1:36:47 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: Magnum44

Beat me to it!


8 posted on 11/08/2023 1:41:29 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Magnum44
Monster Island

9 posted on 11/08/2023 1:46:02 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Red Badger

Great pic!!! Surabachi where the flag was raised, in the background.


10 posted on 11/08/2023 1:47:50 PM PST by Slicksadick (We accept the love we think we deserve.)
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To: Red Badger

That’s how those islands got there in the first place.


11 posted on 11/08/2023 1:57:10 PM PST by FrankRizzo890
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"New island emerges after underwater volcano eruption south of Tokyo"

Make up your mind. Either it's underwater or it's an island. It can't be both.

12 posted on 11/08/2023 2:00:14 PM PST by threefinger
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To: Red Badger

When I was a kid I remember a story about an island being formed off of some South American country. Big celebration, officials planted a flag, etc. Then a few days later another eruption and it was gone.

No idea if it was true or not but great story.


13 posted on 11/08/2023 2:16:54 PM PST by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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To: Magnum44

Go go Godzilla.

5.56mm


14 posted on 11/08/2023 2:27:18 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: Red Badger

“China will claim it’s theirs”

I was just thinking how long it would be before the Chinese build a base there?


15 posted on 11/08/2023 2:44:19 PM PST by dljordan
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To: Red Badger

The island of Iwojima had its name changed??


16 posted on 11/08/2023 3:03:00 PM PST by MachIV
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To: Red Badger

Probably already trying to put an outpost there...


17 posted on 11/08/2023 3:04:17 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Red Badger

China probably has naval base on it already.


18 posted on 11/08/2023 3:14:28 PM PST by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: Red Badger

Google Earth has 8/17/2022 satellite photo that shows a bit of smoke rising from that same spot. No island visible.


19 posted on 11/08/2023 3:40:34 PM PST by Rio
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The island of Iwojima had its name changed??

Not exactly changed. From Wikipedia:

The original records of De la Torre's 1543 expedition have been lost,[5] but he does not appear to have separately named Iwo Jima,[6] despite later sources sometimes miscrediting him with the name Sulfur or Sulphur Island (orig. Isla Sufre or de Sufre). Instead, he seems to have only named the Volcano Islands as a group (orig. Balcones)[6] after an eruption—probably on South Iwo Jima—active as his ship passed through the area.[7]

Other Spanish explorers may have named or renamed the island in the years afterward.[8] Certainly, John Gore was aware of Spanish accounts of the area with him[7] when he visited in 1779 and recorded its English name as Sulphur Island.[9]

The name was subsequently calqued into Late Middle Japanese with the Sino-Japanese form and pronunciation Iwōtō or Iwō-tō (硫黄島, イヲウトウ, "Sulfur Island"), still used by the control tower for the remaining airport. In the past this was also sometimes romanized as Iwautau.[10] The native Japanese reading of the same character 島 is shima (leading to the English misreading Iwo Shima), which typically shifts to jima when prefixed by another character. This version is the origin of the English names Iwojima, Iwo-jima,[11] and Iwo Jima, with many variant pronunciations including /ˌiːwoʊˈdʒiːmə/ and /ˌiːwəˈdʒiːmə/.[12][13][14][15] This archaic or mistaken form of the Japanese name was particularly reinforced by its use by the Japanese naval officers who arrived to fortify the island ahead of US invasion during the Second World War.[11]

20 posted on 11/08/2023 3:54:03 PM PST by Rio
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