Malan Island, also known as Peer Ghaib, is a mud volcano located in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Balochistan province of Pakistan. It rose out of the water overnight in March 1999Mud volcano floods Java, Nature News, 28 Aug 2006 and subsided below sea level within a year. A similar kind of landmass emerged in 2004 but disappeared after three months. It reappeared in 2010 and according to local fishermen was "a three-kilometre wide and 300-feet high island of mud sludge". Some fishermen reportedly tried to salvage some fishing vessels trapped in the newly-emerged island.
See also List of volcanoes in Pakistan List of islands of Pakistan
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External links Makran mud volcanos