https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywen3y/who-owns-the-new-land-created-by-a-volcano-in-hawaii-kilauea-big-island > Hawaii is among the smallest states in America, but that doesn’t mean the archipelago isn’t growing over time. > The Big Island’s volcanic eruption this month, for instance, covered 2,400 acres of existing land with new lava. More could be added to the island’s coast as lava reaches to ocean, cooling and hardening, though the United States Geological Survey isn’t willing to say how much yet.