{"id":120569,"date":"2023-11-20T00:39:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T00:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=120569"},"modified":"2023-11-20T00:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T00:39:28","slug":"the-lost-volcano-swallowed-by-the-sea-that-sparked-a-187-year-old-land-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/the-lost-volcano-swallowed-by-the-sea-that-sparked-a-187-year-old-land-grab\/","title":{"rendered":"The lost volcano swallowed by the sea that sparked a 187-year-old land grab"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A lost volcano once swallowed by the sea sparked a 187-year-old land grab.<\/p>\n

The volcano emerged off the coast of Malta in 1831 and soon became the subject of a territorial dispute between multiple countries.<\/p>\n

Initially, the volcano was claimed by the British who had just brought Malta into their empire and duly stuck their flag into it.<\/p>\n

Thereafter, the volcano was known to them as Graham Island, after the First Lord of the Admiralty, but things were to change quickly.<\/p>\n

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Aggravated by Britain\u2019s decision to claim the volcano, the Kingdom of Two Sicilies replaced the British flag with theirs and claimed it was their land.<\/p>\n

Naming it Ferdinandea, after King Ferdinand II, it wasn\u2019t long before the French and Spanish tried to take control.<\/p>\n

The French dispatched a geologist at the same time Spain began to stake their ownership of the small slip of land.<\/p>\n

However, before either party could reach the location, the volcano was consumed by the ocean and disappeared forever.<\/p>\n

Today the mysterious volcano can still be found beneath the surface of the Mediterranean and, just as in 1831, questions remain over it belongs too.<\/p>\n

According to some reports, a descendant of King Ferdinand II managed to attach a marble plaque to it before it was destroyed by someone else.<\/p>\n

The dispute over the island\u2019s ownership continued through the 20th<\/sup> century until the USA decided to get involved.<\/p>\n

In 1987, it was spotted by American aircraft who mistook it for a Libyan submarine and tried to blow it up.<\/p>\n

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