What landforms do people in Oceania live on?

• Atolls: Coral reefs that surround a lagoon but lack visible

above-sea land

• Reef islands: Emerged remnants of coral reefs

• Volcanic islands: Emerged lava deposits over volcanic peaks,

formed when the Earth’s tectonic plates push one plate, usually oceanic,

back over the subduction zone to a lower level, usually back under

continental

• Continental Islands: Parts of continental plates, sometimes separated from the mainland

Continents:

• Australia