Kavachi Volcano, an active submarine volcano in the Solomon Islands, has long been home to sharks. However their once-peaceful playground in the southwest Pacific Ocean recently became a bit less serene.
During a 2015 research expedition to Kavachi, scientists were surprised to discover that the volcano's crater also happens to be home to two types of sharks – hammerheads and silky sharks – despite the locale's turbulent history.", researchers wrote that the presence of sharks in the crater raised"new questions about the ecology of active submarine volcanoes and the extreme environments in which large marine animals exist.
Kavachi's summit lies approximately 65 feet below sea level, with its base spreading across the seafloor at a depth of 0.75 miles . The volcano is located approximately 15 miles south of Vangunu Island, one of more than 900 islands that were formed in a tectonically active area and make up the Solomon Islands archipelago.
Residents of neighboring islands have reported that they regularly see steam and ash on the water's surface, further confirming that the so-called sharkcano is percolating beneath the surface.
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