New islands and how they are formed

This was one of the articles that really got me hooked on searching for new land. It seems that new islands are growing in the Adriatic Sea. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13234-new-islands-may-be-forming-in-the-adriatic-sea.html.

Nothing conclusive, but it get's you thinking - what if a volcano were to erupt underwater just enough to form a small island? You would have to be very near to see it, and you would need to be have a network of hydrophonic microphones in the region to detect the eruption. And even if you did, you wouldn't know from these records if the eruptions led to the formation of land... A new island could spring up at any time along a submarine ridge of volcanos, and not be detected.

In fact this has happened before, and was witnessed. Near Tonga, a new island formed exactly in this way: http://www.matangitonga.to/scripts/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=5&num=2351. The incredible pictures are an amazing example of how this process can work.

Of course, you think, surely if an island were to crop up, it would be spotted eventually by a passing ship, just as it was near Tonga. But what if the area was well outside the main shipping lanes, because the tract of water is prone to storms and not between two important land masses? What if no ship needs to pass by, and the new island is 1000s of kilometers from the nearest land? It just might be possible for such an island to go unnoticed for a long time. It would take between 5-15 years for plants to colonise a mineral-rich volcanic island (ref: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2422843). Could a new island go undiscovered for that long?

I have proof that I think confirms it can. All will be revealed very soon, but if I am right, there is a new, not yet discovered island on Earth, and I am the first person to see it!

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