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volcanic island
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High Island
High Island
may refer to:
High Island (Alaska), USA
High Island, Texas
, USA, a community
High Island (Michigan)
, USA
High Island (New York)
, USA
High Island, Hong Kong
(Leung Shuen Wan, 糧船灣洲), Sai Kung District, New Territories
High Island (Queensland)
, Australia
High Island (Maryland), an
island in Maryland
, USA
High Island (Rhode River), an
island in Maryland
, USA
High Island
in Torres Strait
, Queensland, Australia
High Island, one of the
Thimble Islands
in Connecticut, USA
Ardoileán
or High Island, Ireland
East Wallabi Island
, usually referred to as "High Island" in the context of the
Batavia
shipwreck
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High island
In
geology
(and sometimes in
archaeology
), a
high island
is an
island
of
volcanic
origin. The term can be used to distinguish such islands from
low islands
, whose origin is due to
sedimentation
or
uplifting
of
coral reefs
(which have often formed on sunken volcanos).
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