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Bouvet Island, South Atlantic Ocean
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Bouvet Island, South Atlantic Ocean

Bouvet Island is known as the most remote island in the world; Antarctica, over 1600 kilometers (994 miles) to the south, is the nearest land mass. Located near the junction between the South American, African, and Antarctic tectonic plates, the island is mostly formed from a shield volcano—a broad, gently sloping cone formed by thin, fluid lavas—that is almost entirely covered by glaciers.

Published Oct 6, 2008

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Marion Island, South Africa
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Marion Island, South Africa

Acquired on on May 5, 2009, this true-color image shows Marion Island in the Indian Ocean. Sparsely vegetated, this volcanic island has remnants of snow near its summit.

Published Oct 18, 2009

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South Georgia Island
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South Georgia Island

There is no permanent human base on South Georgia Island, a British territory in the South Atlantic Ocean that lies 1,300 kilometers east of the Falkland Islands. The crew of the International Space Station captured this image of the rugged and isolated landscape of the northern shore of the island. The first recorded explorer to land on the island was Captain James Cook aboard the HMS Resolution in 1775. He mapped part of the coastline, but was discouraged by the thick ice cover, lack of vegetation, and steep mountains. Mt. Paget, the highest peak, rises to 2,934 meters (9,625 feet) above sea level, and the island supports 161 glaciers. Cook named the southernmost point of the island “Cape Disappointment” when he realized he had not reached Antarctica.

Published Oct 17, 2005

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“New” Pacific Island Consumes Its Neighbor
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“New” Pacific Island Consumes Its Neighbor

In the western Pacific Ocean, a new volcanic island that formed in the shadow of Nishino-shima has merged with it. The island has doubled in size as the eruption continues.

Published Apr 4, 2014

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The Island Shaped like a Horseshoe
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The Island Shaped like a Horseshoe

Deception Island is one of the only places in the world where ships can sail directly into the center of an active volcano.

Published Jan 18, 2020

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Easter Island
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Easter Island

The island once looked very different from how it does today.

Published Apr 16, 2017

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Published Mar 27, 2005

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Volcanic Island in the Pacific Turns Two
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Volcanic Island in the Pacific Turns Two

Nishinoshima has grown to twelve times its original size.

Published Nov 29, 2015

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Ascension Island
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Ascension Island

 

Published Mar 31, 2003

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New Island Turns One, Continues Growing
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New Island Turns One, Continues Growing

More than a year after emerging from the Pacific Ocean, a new Japanese island continues to grow.

Published Dec 2, 2014

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Signs of an Eruption on Bristol Island
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Signs of an Eruption on Bristol Island

A volcano in the far South Atlantic appears to be erupting for the first time in 60 years.

Published May 10, 2016

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The Remote Paradise with a Plastic Problem
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The Remote Paradise with a Plastic Problem

For hundreds of years, Henderson Island has seen little human activity. Nonetheless, it has human fingerprints all over its beaches.

Published Jul 23, 2017

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New Island Made of Tuff Stuff
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New Island Made of Tuff Stuff

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is likely to persist for years, maybe decades.

Published Dec 11, 2017

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Nishinoshima continues to erupt
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Nishinoshima continues to erupt

Nishinoshima spews a plume of ash and gas, part of an ongoing eruption that continues to increase the size of the small island.

Published Mar 5, 2015

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Millennium Island, Kiribati
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Millennium Island, Kiribati

This astronaut photo of Millennium Island shows emerald islets surrounding a turquoise lagoon dotted with coral.

Published Jul 13, 2009

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Henrietta Island, Russia
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Henrietta Island, Russia

This natural-color image shows Henrietta Island, with a smooth, dome-capped surface and a rugged coastline, illuminated by low-angled sunlight.

Published May 3, 2009

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Connecting Islands in the Pacific
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Connecting Islands in the Pacific

The eruption of an undersea volcano gave rise to new real estate between two islands in the kingdom of Tonga.

Published May 3, 2015

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Amsterdam Island
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Amsterdam Island

This distant, lonely volcanic rock brings new meaning to the phrase “the middle of nowhere.”

Published Dec 19, 2015

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Island in a Lake on an Island in a Lake on an Island
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Island in a Lake on an Island in a Lake on an Island

An unnamed isle in Canada’s Nunavut Territory is the leading contender for this island superlative.

Published Feb 22, 2015

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Savage South Georgia
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Savage South Georgia

The remote island may be inhospitable to humans, but it provides a home to major populations of wildlife.

Published Mar 4, 2019

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Maupiti Island
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Maupiti Island

Low-profile fringing islands and coral reefs surround a relatively tall central island.

Published Nov 22, 2009

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Wrangel Island, Russia
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Wrangel Island, Russia

The ghostly white shapes northeast and immediately southwest of Wrangel Island are sea ice. Over the course of the satellite record, Arctic sea ice has advanced and retreated past Wrangel Island many times. From 1979 to 2000, the sea ice edge at the end of summer generally fell somewhere in the vicinity of Wrangel Island, but this is not the first summer when the sea ice edge has retreated well north of the island.

Published Aug 29, 2008

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