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

NASA has released images of a vanishing "ghost island" in the Caspian Sea captured by its satellites. The Kumani Bank mud ...

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

A mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea created a temporary ’ghost island’ in early 2023, only for it to erode away by the ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a ...

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

A mysterious island appeared in the Caspian Sea in 2023 due to a mud volcano eruption and vanished by the following year, ...

The island formed in early 2023, when a mud volcano in the Caspian Sea’s Kumani Bank, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) off the coast of Azerbaijan, burst. The landmass is called Chigil-Deniz, but based ...

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 ...

A rare 'ghost island' appeared and quickly disappeared in the Caspian Sea after the eruption of Kumani Bank mud volcano off Azerbaijan's coast. NASA satellites captured the event, showing the ...

According to NASA’s Earth Observatory, the island was a result of the powerful eruption of the Kumani Bank mud volcano, which lies about 25 kilometers (15 miles) off the eastern coast of Azerbaijan.