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11-25-2002, 11:42pm
A volcanic island submerged off the coast of Sicily for the last 170 years could reappear in the coming weeks if furious seismic rumblings continue.
The volcano’s peak now sits just 26 feet under water about 19 miles south of Sicily.
The last emergence on July 2, 1831, caused months of international wrangling with four nations making territorial claims including Britain, Spain and the Bourbon court of Sicily.
The rock, which rose some 213 ft above the surface and had a circumference of about three miles, emerged for six months, giving the British time to claim it as Graham Island, while Sicily’s King Ferdinand II called it Ferdinandea.
This time, Sicilian divers have gone down and planted a flag on the rock in the hope of claiming it as Italian the moment it rises above the surface.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/839775.asp?0cv=CB10#BODY
The volcano’s peak now sits just 26 feet under water about 19 miles south of Sicily.
The last emergence on July 2, 1831, caused months of international wrangling with four nations making territorial claims including Britain, Spain and the Bourbon court of Sicily.
The rock, which rose some 213 ft above the surface and had a circumference of about three miles, emerged for six months, giving the British time to claim it as Graham Island, while Sicily’s King Ferdinand II called it Ferdinandea.
This time, Sicilian divers have gone down and planted a flag on the rock in the hope of claiming it as Italian the moment it rises above the surface.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/839775.asp?0cv=CB10#BODY