But the reality is land is always changing — perhaps nowhere more so than at the Kumani Bank mud volcano, also known as Chigil-Deniz, some 15 miles (25 km) off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian ...

This landmass appeared after an eruption ... on land and in the Caspian Sea. The first recorded eruption occurred in 1861, forming a landmass that only lasted for one year before completely ...

a “ghost” island has largely vanished just over a year after being discovered, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory. The landmass, spotted by satellite in the Caspian Sea Feb. 14 ...

Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. Operating under Russian influence, the ship likely comprised part ...

In the past five days, due to strong northwest winds and rough sea conditions observed in Azerbaijan's Caspian Sea waters, ships that had been anchored or in shelter areas are expected to fully ...

The Caspian Sea has witnessed a bizarre phenomenon ... standing six metres above sea level before eroding.

off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The NASA Earth Observatory has released a series of images taken with the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and OLI-2 instruments on the Landsat 8 and 9 ...

A rare 'ghost island' appeared and quickly disappeared in the Caspian Sea after the eruption of Kumani ... The island was short-lived before it started to erode. By late 2024, the island had ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 ... The largest island formed after an eruption in 1950. It was 2,300 feet (700 meters) wide and 20 feet (6 meters ...