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- - - - Also called volcanic islands , they were created in the Galapagos islands due to eruptions. Region of Melanesia contains many high islands Pacific Ocean. Important volcanic mountains inMelanesia include Mount Tomanivi, in Fiji; Mount Lamington, in Papua New Guinea.
    - - Low islands are also called coral islands. They are made of called corals. Sometimes, coral islands barely reach above sea level—hence the name “low island.” Low islands often take the shape of an irregular ring of very small islands, Polynesia are dominated by low islands. The Kwajalein Atolls, for example, composed of 97 islands and islets located in the Marshall Islands .
    - - Continental islands: These three regions share some physical characteristics. All three have mountains in Papua New Guinea. Although they share some landscape characteristics, each of these regions has distinct physical features that are the result of different environmental processes.