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Coordinates: 63°2925N 23°489W / 63.49028°N 23.80250°W / 63.49028; -23.80250
 

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1890s wood engraving of the Fuglasker islands with Nýey (labelled Nyøe) in the south-west

Nýey (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈniːˌeiː]), Nýeyjar [ˈniːˌeiːjar̥], Nyø (Danish), was a small, uninhabited island that formed in 1783 due to an underwater eruption in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge southwest of Reykjanes, Iceland. It disappeared within a year.[1][2][3]

History[edit]

The formation of『Nýeyjar』began on May 1, 1783. It attracted a lot of attention and some connected it to the 1783 Calabrian earthquakes.[1][3]

The captain of a 'small ship' ("is: húkkerta") that sailed in the area, wrote in his diary about a burning island 15.7 km (9.8 mi) due southwest of Geirfuglasker. He tried to observe it but had to stay over half a mile away, due to the poisonous sulphurous smoke.[1][2][3]

King Christian VII of Denmark named the island "Nýey", ordered an expedition to it, and dedicated it to the monarchy with a Danish flag. He also planned for an inscribed stone to be placed on the island.[1][2][3]

It had disappeared by the summer of 1784, when Magnús Stephensen (Lawyer and Supreme Court Judge), planned to dedicate it to the king whilst en route to Copenhagen.[1][2][3]

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References[edit]

  • ^ a b c d e Ferlir, Underwater Eruption Out of Reykjanes
  • 63°29′25N 23°48′9W / 63.49028°N 23.80250°W / 63.49028; -23.80250


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