New islands

Connected Sites: 3

Definition
New islands are islands which have been created recently (since 20th century), whether by means of volcanism, erosion, glacial retreat, or other mechanisms.

Map

Connected Sites

  • Ogasawara Islands
    Ogasawara Islands
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.12
    8
    3
    An Island provisionally named as Niijima emerged in november 2013, but has since Dec 26 joined Nishinoshima and ceased to be a separate island.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Ujung Kulon National Park
    Ujung Kulon National Park
    Indonesia
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.49
    28
    7
    Anak Krakatau (1927)
  • Surtsey
    Surtsey
    Iceland
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.72
    43
    9
    1963, formed in a volcanic eruption