Scientists on the AKMA3 ocean expedition discovered an exceptional underwater feature consisting of a mud volcano in the middle of a large crater 80 miles south of Norway's Bear Island. The volcano ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano, also known as Chigil-Deniz, a feature ... above the water. It eroded by early 1862. The most powerful eruption occurred in 1950, forming an island 700 meters (2,300 ...

The mud volcano has eight other recorded eruptions, dating back to May 1861, when the island that formed was just 285 feet (87 meters) wide and 11.5 feet (3.5 meters) above the water. The largest ...

The strongest documented eruption occurred in 1950, generating an island 700 meters wide and 6 meters high. "Mud volcanoes like Kumani Bank are strange and wonderful features that remain largely ...