A newly awakened volcano off an uninhabited Tongan island has finally been viewed up close, with volcanologists saying it has created a substantial new island since it began erupting last month.

Tonga’s lands and natural resources ministry said experts took a boat trip to view the eruption on Thursday and confirmed it had transformed the local landscape.

Newly awakened Hunga Ha’apai volcano creates large new Tongan island

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CrazyNeutrino said:

A newly awakened volcano off an uninhabited Tongan island has finally been viewed up close, with volcanologists saying it has created a substantial new island since it began erupting last month.

Tonga’s lands and natural resources ministry said experts took a boat trip to view the eruption on Thursday and confirmed it had transformed the local landscape.

Newly awakened Hunga Ha’apai volcano creates large new Tongan island

more…

If a country gains an island does that mean that they can claim more sea-bed mining rights?