What is the name of the new island off ice land that has begun succession since 1963

The soviet union beat the us to the first successful launch, with the october 4, 1957, orbiting of sputnik 1, and later beat the us to have the first human in earth orbit, yuri gagarin, on april 12, 1961. the "race" peaked with the july 20, 1969, us landing of the first humans on the moon with apollo 11

It was said to have happened by earthquakes, the shifts in the tectonic plates moved everything