Oceanic Island (English spelling)

Japanese: oceanic island(英語表記)oceanicisland
Oceanic Island (English spelling)

…The term remote island is often used as a synonym for a main island, regardless of its distance. The division of islands into continental islands and oceanic islands based on their natural origin was proposed by A.R. Wallace from the standpoint of biogeography, and this was the first scientific classification of islands. A continental island is an island that is considered to be part of a continent from a geological perspective, while an oceanic island is a volcanic island or a coral island that was formed separately from the continent. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "oceanic island" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また離島という語を,その遠近に関係なく,本島に対する〈属島〉の同義語として用いる場合も少なくない。 島をその自然的成因によって,陸島continental islandと洋島oceanic islandとに大別することは,生物地理学の立場からA.R.ウォーレスによって提唱されたが,これが島の最初の科学的分類である。陸島とは地質学的に大陸の一部とみなされる島であり,洋島とは大陸とは別個に形成された火山島やサンゴ島などをいう。…

※「oceanic island」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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