In the Pacific ocean found a new, previously unknown geographers island. The discovery was made by sailors from New Zealand. The area of the island - 26 thousand square kilometers. This is almost the territory of Belgium. However, its exact coordinates is very difficult to determine - the fact that the island floats.



Mysterious land first noticed the pilot of the Navy of New Zealand. From the cockpit of his plane, he saw a huge bright spot, which pulled almost all the water surface. And later new Zealand sailors confirmed that it was not a Mirage. They also stumbled on white island, which is not on the cards. This island was slowly moving over. Its surface is solid and porous. Last time drifting earth was seen in a thousand kilometers to the North of Auckland.

According to the Director of the Institute of Volcanology and geodynamics of the Russian Academy of natural Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Henry Steinberg, an island of volcanic origin. Academician am sure that this island has never go into the jurisdiction of any state, because he is doomed, because it consists of silicon foam - pumice that occurs as a result of underwater eruptions. Freezing, this foam lava can take fanciful forms. But the material is fragile, as foam. Powerful ocean will split it into parts in several days. At best he will only have pieces of pumice, suitable for having to put in the bathroom next to the soap box.

"By the pictures and samples that are taken out, it is seen that it is pumice, highly porous material. Pumice is lighter than water, it floats. I don't think it was something like the scale of the last 20 years. But when underwater eruptions of this is quite a normal thing," said Henry Steinberg.

Volcanologists and measure the effect of an underwater eruption - the amount of released product. Pieces of pumice emerge where there was an eruption of a relatively small depth. Judging by the quantity of emissions in an underwater mountain range in the Pacific ocean eruption was extremely powerful. A piece of pumice would be enough, for example, to all Belgium - literally from the border to the border or to all inhabitants of the planet, took them by piece hygienic purposes.