The least populated territory in the world is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - more than 3,000 miles from any continent. As of July 2014, only 48 people call the Pitcairn Islands and their ...
Eruptions from an undersea volcano continued spewing plumes of smoke and ash Nov. 3 around a new islet taking shape off the coast of distant Iwoto island in the Pacific Ocean. The volcanic ...
The Hawaiian Islands, which are entirely volcanic in origin, formed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, more than 3,200 km from the nearest plate boundary. This is explained by the 'hotspot' ...