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Charles darwin suggested that atolls begin as coral reefs around volcanic islands. Will Surtsey island-icelands newest volcanic island ever become an atoll. Why or why not?

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No.

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No, Surtsey island and Iceland newest volcanic island will not become an atoll because these islands have no underground volcanoes. The atolls are only occur when the volcanoes are present underwater and we know that these volcanoes are present on the lands not in the water so there is no possibility of having atolls in these Surtsey and Iceland volcanic islands

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