article_snippet: Beautiful images have emerged of a new island that has formed off the coast of Tonga - although scientists say it could soon disappear.
article_snippet: Island started forming in January after a volcano exploded underwater and then expanded creating a mile long, cone-shaped formation.
article_snippet: Stunning images have emerged of a new island that has formed off the coast of Tonga - although scientists say it could soon disappear .
article_snippet: , however, the other was around 330ft (100m) offshore created a new land mass.
article_snippet: the island was first spotted in an image taken by the Pleiades satellite on 19 January 2015.
article_snippet: Steam, ash and nitrogen and phosphorus erupted from the ocean, and international flights around the island were cancelled.
article_snippet: In addition to creating the island, the eruption is also said to have stripped the island two neighbouring islands of vegetation, and caused what is known as a red tide.
article_snippet: Land masses forming after volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are relatively common.
article_snippet: In 2013, a volcanic island appeared off the coast of Japan, near a volcanic island.
article_snippet: Dubbed Niijima was first spotted on 20 November in the Ogasawara chain around 600 miles south of Tokyo and had tripled in size by the following month.
article_snippet: a volcanic island started forming in January after a volcano exploded underwater and then expanded creating a cone-shaped formation .
article_snippet: Initially, scientists were unsure how long a volcanic island would last because volcanic islets of that type tend to be reclaimed by the sea after a short time.
article_snippet: However, a volcanic island expanded to 56,000 square metres (13.8 acres) - around three times a volcanic island size - as a result of continuing eruptions from a volcano.
article_snippet: Similarly, in September that year, a new island appeared off the coast of Pakistan.
article_snippet: a new island was forced to the surface following an earthquake and was made up a mound of mud and rock 70ft (20 metres) high and 295ft (89 metres) wide on the coastline near the port of Gwadar.
highlights_snippet: Island started forming in January after a volcano close to Tonga exploded underwater and then expanded .
  
highlights_snippet: Images said the surface of Island was still warm and