How Horseshoe Island formed The island is a new phenomenon, formed in the last seven years from sand carried by the natural southward longshore drift along Long Beach Island, according to the DEP.

A dramatic transformation is taking place in the South Pacific, where a newly formed volcanic island is emerging from the ocean. Located in Tonga’s Home Reef, this growing landmass is the result ...

However, islands which are formed from the mud erosions tend to disappear within months and nearly always within two years due to the weak and muddy compostion of the material that forms the island.

A new mass of land was recently formed off the shores of Japan after an explosive underwater volcano activated at the end of October, according to researchers from the University of Tokyo.

The island forged in fire off the coast of Japan in October this year is still growing, as seen in a Copernicus Sentinel-2 image caught on Nov. 27.

The island was destroyed by the same volcano that formed it seven years before. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An island ...

The Pacific nation of Tonga is made up of 170 islands, but it just welcomed its newest addition – thanks to an underwater volcano. Near the center of the nation's island formation lies the Home ...