High island

Volcanic island or high island is an island of volcanic origin. The term can be used to distinguish this kind of islands from low islands; which are formed from sedimentation or the uplifting of coral reefs^[1]

Moorea, a high island of volcanic origin where the central island is still prominent

Stromboli is one of the eight Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily

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• Atoll
• Galápagos Islands
• Guyot
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