Located at the tip of the Kumani Bank mud volcano on the coast of Azerbaijan, the island is said to be separated from the mainland by about 12.4 miles or 20 kilometers. Before 2023, the island ...

A mysterious new island emerged in the Caspian Sea following the eruption of the Kumani Bank mud volcano, located approximately 25 kilometers off the eastern coast of Azerbaijan. Satellite images ...

Mud volcanoes often exhibit calderas ... Evans and co-authors complemented earlier onshore data from Azerbaijan with bathymetric and high-resolution seismic data, obtained in collaboration ...