Template:Did you know nominations/2012 Kermadec Islands eruption and pumice raft

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:14, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

2012 Kermadec Islands eruption and pumice raft

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• ... that an undersea volcanic eruption (pictured) which produced a pumice raft covering approximately 10,000 square miles (26,000 km²), was not discovered until several weeks had passed?

• Reviewed: Elsie Windes

Created/expanded by IronGargoyle (talk). Self nom at 00:17, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

• Good to go; length and date OK, hook fact is referenced. I would probably change the last bit of the hook to "several weeks later" but that's all. BigDom (talk) 12:47, 17 August 2012 (UTC)