Tongan volcano creates new island

Smoke rises from a volcano, some 65 kilometres southwest of the South Pacific nation Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa, is shown in this image from New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on January 15, 2015 (AFP Photo/MFAT)

Volcanic islands merge in Pacific Ocean

The newer part of the island is now larger than the older portion, which last expanded in 1973-74

New Japan islet created in volcano eruption; Video

A Japan Coast Guard handout photo taken on November 20, 2013 shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a volcanic eruption in southern Japan (Japan Coast Guard/AFP, Japan Coast Guard)