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High Pacific islands are formed by _____.

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High Pacific islands are formed by the midoceanic ridge.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • The small pieces of lands that are seen in the middle of oceans are due to the undulations in the elevation of the seafloor.
  • The consistent eruptions of lava in the middle of the oceans caused the mid oceanic ridges to form.
  • Some of these ridges rose above the sea level and made high islands.
  • There are many such islands in the Pacific Ocean out of which, the South Island of the New Zealand is the biggest.
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High Pacific islands are formed by underwater mountain chains or what is called a mid-ocean ridge or MOR. These underwater mountain chains are formed by tectonic plates and they usually have a valley or what is called as a rift.

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