Waves break over Metis Shoal on 19 February 1968, more than a month after the end of a submarine eruption that began in December 1967 and produced an ephemeral island. Metis Shoal has produced a series of small islands during eruptions observed since the mid-19th century. An eruption in 1995 produced a lava dome that built up to 43 m above sea level.

Photo by Charles Lundquist, 1968 (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory).

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Keywords: submarine volcano

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