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Atlantic Ocean Islands, Coastal Geomorphology

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From south to north, the islands of the Atlantic covered here include the Scotia Arc (South Shetland, South Orkney, South Sandwich, and South Georgia), Bouvet, the Falklands, Tristan da Cunha and Gough, St. Helena and Ascension, Macronesia (Cape Verde, Canaries, Madiera, and Azores), Bermuda, Sable, Faeroes, and Jan Mayen (Fig. 1). The Caribbean islands, Iceland, Great Britain, and Ireland are covered elsewhere.

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Location of the Atlantic Ocean Islands

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Hansom, J.D. (2018). Atlantic Ocean Islands, Coastal Geomorphology. In: Finkl, C., Makowski, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science . Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4_21-2

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