Islands
An island that is near and geologically related to a continent
Continental Island
land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals
Pasture
an evergreen tree, originally from Australia, that is grown to provide wood, gum, and an oil that is used in medicines.
Eucalyptus
A place where prisoners are sent to live
Penal Colony
A ring-shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed of coral.
Atoll
A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea
Iceburg
A simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees
Lichens
A person, animal, or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest times
Aborigine
Island of coral origin
Low Island
A hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air
Geyser
A type of mammal from that is not completely developed when it is born and is carried around in a pouch
Marsupial
The world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 1,400 miles
Great Barrier Reef
Islands formed through volcanic eruptions
High Islands
The remote and usually uninhabited inland regions of Australia
Outback
The large round starchy fruit of a tropical tree, which is used as a vegetable
Breadfruit
A stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef
Lagoon
Chain of islands
Archipelago
A ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral
Coral Reef
The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
Assimilation
A subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean
Polynesia