Nýey

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Nýey

Nýey, also known as Nyø in Danish, was a small, uninhabited island that formed in 1783 southwest of Reykjanes, Iceland. It appeared because of an underwater eruption on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and disappeared within about a year.

History
- The island began forming on May 1, 1783. It drew a lot of attention, and some connected it to the 1783 Calabrian earthquakes.
- A captain who sailed nearby wrote in his diary about a burning island about 15.7 kilometers southwest of Geirfuglasker. He could observe it only from more than half a mile away because of poisonous sulfur smoke.
- King Christian VII of Denmark named the island Nýey, ordered an expedition to it, and planned to place an inscribed stone on the island in its honor.
- By the summer of 1784, the island had vanished. Magnús Stephensen, who was traveling to Copenhagen, planned to dedicate it to the king on the way.

Location
- Coordinates: about 63.49028°N, 23.80250°W.

See also
- Eldeyjarboði
- List of volcanic eruptions in Iceland
- Volcanism of Iceland
- Geology of Iceland
- List of volcanoes in Iceland
- Geological deformation of Iceland