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Low Island
Low Island
may refer to:
Low Island, British Columbia, Canada
Low Island, Falkland Islands
Low Island, Manitoba, Canada
Low Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Low Island (Nunavut)
, Frobisher Bay, Canada
Low Island (Nunavut)
, Milne Inlet, Canada
Low Island, Kenora, Ontario, Canada
Low Island, Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada
Low Island (Queensland)
also known as Low Isle, one of the Low Isles
Low Island (South Shetland Islands)
Low Island (Washington), one of the
San Juan Islands
Inishloe
,
County Clare
,
Ireland
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Low island
A
low island
is, in
geology
(and sometimes in
archaeology
), an
island
of
coral
origin. The term applies whether the island was formed as a result of
sedimentation
upon a
coral reef
or of the
uplifting
of such islands. The term is used to distinguish such islands from
high islands
, whose origins are
volcanic
.
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