New Island in Japan

While I scouted out Japan,

I found out that a new island was formed by a volcano.

How do volcanoes form islands?

There it is! Teemo spots it! Japan, this is mine right?

Islands can be formed by volcanoes by the constant flowing and hardening of lava. When lava flows in the ocean it is cooled really fast and can accumulate faster than on land.

But enough of that!

Japan got just a little bit bigger this week, as a volcano created a brand new island about 600 miles (970 kilometers) south of Tokyo. The island is about 660 feet (200 meters) in diameter, according to the Japanese coast guard. It sits off the coast of Nishinoshima, itself a small, uninhabited island in a group of about 30 islands known as the Bonin Islands, or the Ogasawara chain.

Hey Yoshihide Suga,

can I have the island?

Japanese government spokesperson Yoshihide Suga was asked by the media "What name would be given to the island?" while he replied that officials will first wait to see how long it sticks around, since new islands have a tendency to disappear back below the waves in a short time. "If it becomes a full-fledged island, we would be happy to have more territory," Suga told the press.

There is a video released on the web recorded by a Japanese coast guard. You can go check the link below! It is shown in the video that ash and rocks are exploding from a crater that erupted from the sea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZY6kH_RXSU



But Hiroshi Ito who is a coast card volcanologist is unsure if the island will be reclaimed by the sea or whether it would stay permanently. 

Captain Teemo is always on duty!