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Australian volcano blows its top
August 10, 2005 - 12:02PM
A volcano is erupting on Australia's most remote territory, McDonald
Island, in the sub-Antarctic.
The volcanic activity is changing the shape of the island and
ultimately changing the environmental make-up of its cold and
windswept surface.
Environment Minister Ian Campbell said satellite images had detected
the volcanic activity on the rarely visited island, 4,100km southwest
of Western Australia.
McDonald is better known for its surrounding waters which are home to
the Patagonian toothfish, heavily poached by ships transgressing
Australian waters.
Its steep shores, surrounded by treacherous seas, were last visited by
humans in 2002.
Senator Campbell said the McDonald Island volcano had been dormant for
75,000 years before erupting for the first time in 1992.
He said there had been several eruptions since - most recently in 2001
- and the island's size had doubled in that time from 1.13sq km to
2.45sq km.
"The McDonald Island volcano is also unusual because, unlike most
oceanic volcanoes, it sits on a shallow submarine plateau," Senator
Campbell said.
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"(This) means its eruptions are not as wild and fiery as some, instead
producing a slow-moving mass of lava that seeps and spreads.
"Despite the slow-moving nature of the lava, eruptions over the past
13 years have caused startling changes to the island's geography,
obliterating some landmarks and creating new ones."
Senator Campbell said the island was previously inhabited by macaroni
penguins.
"Now, because you've created this pumice that comes out of the
volcano, you've created this very big beach area with pumice, which is
one of the desirable habitats for rookeries for the king penguin.
"King penguins, which hadn't been seen on this island for ever, I
think, or a long time, have actually started colonising the island.
"You're getting this increase in biodiversity occurring.
The island is within the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI)
Marine Reserve, one of the world's biggest marine reserves.
It is just 44km from Australia's only other active volcano on Heard
Island, where there has not been any activity for some time.
Both islands are World Heritage listed.
© 2005 AAP
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