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Volcanic island

"High island" redirects here. For places named High Island, see High Island (disambiguation).
For the GPU series, see Volcanic Islands (GPU family).
Mo'orea, a volcanic island where the central island is still prominent
Stromboli is one of the eight Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily

Geologically, a volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin. The term high island can be used to distinguish such islands from low islands, which are formed from sedimentation or the uplifting of coral reefs (which have often formed on sunken volcanoes).[1]

  1. ^ Murphy, Raymond E. (July 1949). ""High" and "Low" Islands in the Eastern Carolines". Geographical Review. 39 (3). American Geographical Society: 425–439. Bibcode:1949GeoRv..39..425M. doi:10.2307/210643. JSTOR 210643.

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