Surtsey ("Surtr's island" in Icelandic, Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsʏr̥(t)sˌeiː] ⓘ) is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the southern coast of Iceland.

Surtsey, volcanic island off the southern coast of Iceland, southwest of the Vestmanna Islands (Vestmannaeyjar). It emerged from the Atlantic Ocean in a fiery eruption in November 1963.

Nov 14, 2021 · Surtsey is about 20 miles (32 km) off the southern coast of Iceland. It began as an undersea volcanic eruption that built an island over the course of 3 1/2 years. Today, Surtsey is off-limits...

Mar 7, 2018 · The new speck of land was dubbed Surtsey Island, after a black fire giant of Norse mythology. Today, it’s one of the few places on Earth that has remained relatively pristine and untouched by ...

Surtsey is a volcanic island, part of the Westman Islands and formed by an underwater volcanic eruption in 1963. Explore a wide range of tours of the Westman Islands . Surtsey was declared a nature reserve in 1965 and in 2008 UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site.

Surtsey is a favorite resting place for migratory birds during seasonal flights to and from Iceland and Europe. They visit there yearly by the thousands. Seals also visit the island and relax on its beaches.

Learn about Surtsey, Iceland's youngest island, formed in 1963. Now a UNESCO site, a living lab for scientific research, offering insights into ecology and geology.

The Surtsey eruption is among the longest eruptions to have occurred in Iceland in historical times. The first sign of an eruption came early in the morning of November 14, 1963, at a site approximately 18 km southwest of Heimaey, the largest of …

Surtsey is a recently born volcanic island, that provides a unique scientific record of the process of colonisation of land by plants, animals and marine organisms. It was formed in a volcanic eruption in the sea which reached the surface on 14 November 1963. The eruption may have started a few days earlier and lasted until 5 June 1967.

Location and Values: Surtsey is a small volcanic island that emerged from the ocean, about 30 km off the south coast of Iceland, during volcanic eruptions in the 1960s. It has been totally protected since its creation, providing a unique natural laboratory to study the processes of colonization by plant and animal life.