How many species currently reside on the island of Surtsey?

Surtsey - The Volcano Island - Plants- birds- animals and sealife - how do all these come to life on an isolated island? Including pictures, photoes ... Sample of different species within Arthropods. read more

These islands host 2-30 species, and there is a close relationship between island size and species richness. On Heimaey, which is the largest of the Vestmannaeyjar there are about 150 species of higher plants. The island is seven times the area of Surtsey. read more

The birth of Surtsey took almost four years as eruption followed eruption until 1967, by which time the island stood 150 m (492 ft) above sea level and covered an area of almost 3 square kilometres (2 square miles). read more