Kumani Bank mud volcano has produced transient islands multiple times since its first recorded eruption in 1861.

A 'ghost' island that suddenly appeared in the Caspian Sea in early 2023 is playing a centuries-long game of peekaboo with ...

In the first image from November 2022, the underwater mud volcano is solidly beneath sea level, with no discernable land ...

NASA discovered a ghost island in the Caspian Sea that emerged in early 2023 but has since vanished again. This island has ...

In 2023 an island appeared in the Caspian Sea, about 25 km off Azerbaijan's east coast, and disappeared a year later. NASA ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano, also known as Chigil-Deniz, a feature located roughly 15 miles off the eastern coast of Azerbaijan, erupted in early 2023, resulting in the phenomenon. Mud volcanoes ...

A mysterious "ghost island" formed by an underwater mud volcano appeared in the Caspian Sea in 2023 only to vanish again ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery. | Credit: NASA Earth ...

This is hardly the first time the ghost island of the Kumani Bank has appeared and disappeared. We like to think of land as a fairly static thing, considering that's where we spend the majority of ...

An island emerges from the waters, then vanishes, as if it never existed. In the Caspian Sea, this phenomenon has been ...

Azerbaijan is home to more than 300 mud volcanoes, both on land and offshore in the Caspian Sea, NASA's Earth Observatory ...

Not much is understood about mud volcanoes, but their violent eruptions cause tiny islands to form and disappear within ...