| Change log entry 54836 | |
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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2014-10-06 18:51:02 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 52573 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1) 'Pacific' should have a capital P. 2) "Volcanic"? There are - "high islands" that are "volcanic" and - "low islands" of coral origin Nauru is classified as being in the latter category. a) "...some inhabitants of the isolated island of Nauru, which is geologically a raised atoll (without exposed volcanic rock)." [E. Britannica @ "Micronesian culture"] b) "In geology, a high island is an island of volcanic origin. The term can be used to distinguish such islands from low islands ... [S]ome "low islands", such as ... Nauru..., as uplifted coral islands, rise several hundred feet above sea level." [Wp @ "High island"] c) "A low island is, in geology (and sometimes in archaeology), an island of coral origin. The term applies whether the island was formed as a result of sedimentation upon a coral reef or of the uplifting of such islands. The term is used to distinguish such islands from high islands, whose origins are volcanic. This distinction is important to understand, as there are some low islands, such as Makatea, Nauru, Niue and Banaba, which rise several hundred feet above sea level, while a number of "High Islands" (those of volcanic origin) can rise no more than a few feet above sea level." [Wp @ "Low island"] |
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- 瑙魯 瑙鲁 [Nao3 lu3] /Nauru, volcanic island of Micronesia in southwest pacific/ + 瑙魯 瑙鲁 [Nao3 lu3] /Nauru, island of Micronesia in the southwest Pacific/ |