Low islands

A low island geographically is an island of coral origin. The term applies whether the island was formed as a result of sedimentation upon a coral reef or the uplifting of those kind of islands the term is used to distinguish those kind of islands from high islands, whose origins are volcanic.Raymond E. Murphy: "'High' and 'Low' Islands in the Eastern Carolines", Geographical Review,  Vol. 39, No. 3, Jul., 1949. Retrieved 2011-09-22.

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link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Niue_ISS004.jpg|thumb|Map of Niue, a low island and former ring-shaped island formed of coral, where reef and lagoon have risen above sea level due to uplifting
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