List of new islands
List of recently created islands
This is a list of new islands that formed during the 20th and the 21st centuries. Of those formed by submarine volcanoes, only Anak Krakatau, Surtsey and Nishinoshima are currently islands, and Surtsey is the only one that is expected to survive.

List of new islands

Section Title: List of recently created islands
Table Section Text: This is a list of new islands that formed during the 20th and the 21st centuries. Of those formed by submarine volcanoes, only Anak Krakatau, Surtsey and Nishinoshima are currently islands, and Surtsey is the only one that is expected to survive.

Name of the island	Country	Land formation year(s)

Shelly Island	United States	2017-2018

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai	Tonga	2014–15, 2009

Jadid Island	Yemen	2013

Nishinoshima Shintō	Japan	2013–15, 1973–74

Yaya Island	Russia	2013

Zalzala Koh	Pakistan	2013 -2016

Sholan Island	Yemen	2011

Malan Island, Balochistan	Pakistan	2010, 2004, 1999

Home Reef	Tonga	2006, 1984

Uunartoq Qeqertaq	Greenland	2005

Norderoogsand	Germany	1999

Kavachi	Solomon Islands	1999–2003, 1991, 1986, 1978, 1976, 1969–70, 1965, 1963–64, 1961, 1958, 1952–53

Metis Shoal	Tonga	1995, 1979, 1967–68

Kuwae	Vanuatu	1974, 1971, 1959, 1949, 1948, 1923–25

Fukutoku-Okanoba	Japan	1986, 1974–75, 1914, 1904–05

Jólnir	Iceland	1965–66

Surtsey	Iceland	1963–67

Tigres Island	Angola	1962

Sandy Point	Canada	1960s

Ilha Nova (Capelinhos)	Portugal	1957–58

Myōjin-shō	Japan	1952–53, 1946

Shōwa Iōjima	Japan	1934

Anak Krakatau	Indonesia	1927–30

Fonuafo'ou	Tonga	1927–28

Banua Wuhu	Indonesia	1918–19, 1904

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Banua Wuhu was the new island formed in 1919.

final_sentence: Banua Wuhu was the new island formed in 1919.