What is Surtsey?
[[Image:Surtsey from plane, 1999.jpg|thumb|Surtsey]] '''Surtsey''' is an [[island]] in [[Iceland]] that appeared in 1963 as a result of an underwater [[Volcano|volcanic]] eruption that released smoke, ash and matter that joined together to form the islet.<ref>[https://earthsky.org/earth/surtsey-and-the-birth-of-new-islands/ Today in science: An island is born] in earthsky.org</ref> It takes its name from a [[giant]] from Norse mythology. It serves [[biologist]]s and other scientists to study and see how fungi, plants and animals reach new territory and interact with it. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Geography of Iceland]] [[Category:Islands of Europe]] [[Category:Atlantic islands]] [[Category:Volcanoes of Iceland]]