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Nýey (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈniːˌeiː]), Nýeyjar [ˈniːˌeiːjar̥], Nyø (Danish), was a small, uninhabited island that formed in 1783 due to an underwater eruption in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge southwest of Reykjanes, Iceland. It disappeared within a year.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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