high island

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English[edit]

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Ball's Pyramid, a steep remnant of an oceanic volcano, now forming a small high island or "islet" in the southern Pacific.

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Noun[edit]

high island (plural high islands)

  1. (geology) An island of volcanic origin.
    Coordinate term: low island

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