Zubair archipelago

Zubair archipelago
Waters	Red Sea
Geographical location	15 ° 3 ' N , 42 ° 10' E Coordinates: 15 ° 3 ' N , 42 ° 10' E
Number of islands	10
Main island	Jebel Zubair
Total land area	?
Residents	uninhabited

The Zubair Archipelago ( Arabic جزر الزبير, DMG Ǧuzur az-Zubair ) is a group of islands in the Red Sea about fifty kilometers from the west coast of Yemen . It belongs to the mid-ocean ridge there .

Satellite image of the newly created island between Haycock and Rugged Island

The archipelago consists of ten islands, including:

Center Peak
Haycock
Jebel Zubair - The largest island in the archipelago is five kilometers long.
Rugged
Saba
Saddle
Sholan, formed in eruptions between December 13, 2011 and January 12, 2012 - Sholan has a maximum width and length of 520 m and 770 m respectively; about 0.25 km ^{2 of} the area is subaeric .
Jadid, created between September 28th and November 20th 2013 - Jadid is an almost circular island with a diameter of about 900 m. The subaerial size decreased from 0.68 km ² after the end of the eruption to 0.67 km ^{2 by} February 24, 2014 .

The islands are chimneys of a shield volcano of the Red Sea Rift , the highest point of which measures 191 meters and the last eruption of which dates back to 1824 (according to other sources, 1846).

Web links

Zubair Group in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
NASA Earth Observatory satellite photos

YouTube video of the 2011 outbreak

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Axel Bojanowski : Vulkan creates new island in the Red Sea. In: Spiegel Online. December 28, 2011, accessed May 26, 2015 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Zubair Group. In: Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved May 26, 2015 .
^ ^A ^b Lars Fischer: New islands in the Red Sea are similar to Iceland. In: Spectrum. May 26, 2015, accessed May 26, 2015 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wenbin Xu, Joël Ruch & Sigurjón Jónsson: Birth of two volcanic islands in the southern Red Sea. Nature Communications 6, 7104, May 26, 2015, doi : 10.1038 / ncomms8104 (free full text).
↑ ^a ^b Joe Bauwens: Eruption in the Zubair Archiapelago, in the southern Red Sea. In: Sciency Thoughts. December 22, 2011, accessed May 26, 2015 .

[Spiegel-1] Axel Bojanowski : Vulkan creates new island in the Red Sea. In: Spiegel Online. December 28, 2011, accessed May 26, 2015 .

[Volcano-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Zubair Group. In: Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved May 26, 2015 .

[SdW-3] A ^b Lars Fischer: New islands in the Red Sea are similar to Iceland. In: Spectrum. May 26, 2015, accessed May 26, 2015 .

[natcom-4] Wenbin Xu, Joël Ruch & Sigurjón Jónsson: Birth of two volcanic islands in the southern Red Sea. Nature Communications 6, 7104, May 26, 2015, doi : 10.1038 / ncomms8104 (free full text).

[sciencythoughts-5] Joe Bauwens: Eruption in the Zubair Archiapelago, in the southern Red Sea. In: Sciency Thoughts. December 22, 2011, accessed May 26, 2015 .