Surtsey: The Newest Place on Earth
- ISBN-10
- 0606067752
- ISBN-13
- 9780606067751
- Series
- Surtsey
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-01
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books
- Author
- Kathryn Lasky
Description
Describes the formation, naming, and colonization of the thirty-one-year-old volcanic island Surtsey and how the first animals and plants became established there.
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