The southern volcanic part of the island is rugged and mountainous, and largely barren.

The islands are peaks of a submerged mountainous terrain, with the exception of two volcanic islands, Milos and Santorini ( Thera ).

islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls ; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Truk

It is volcanic in origin and its topography / land scape is mountainous.

volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland

The islands are volcanic in origin, being part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and are mostly mountainous.

volcanic with mountainous interiors

Most of the islands, including Saint Thomas and Saint John, are volcanic in origin and are mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land.

Vanuatu is a mountainous archipelago of volcanic origin with narrow coastal plains.

The mountainous interior is fragmented into several massifs, rarely reaching 2, 000 metres ( Miltetto of 2, 050 m ), whereas close to the coast there are volcanic massifs: Vesuvio ( 1, 277 m ) and Campi Flegrei.

The terrain of the mountainous volcanic island is difficult to cultivate, so vineyards are planted on man-made terraces of red and basaltic bedrock.

About half of Iceland's land area, which is of recent volcanic origin, consists of a mountainous lava desert ( highest elevation above sea level ) and other wasteland.

Approximately only 0. 7 % of Iceland's surface area is arable, since the island's terrain is mostly mountainous and volcanic.

The natural environment of Java is tropical rainforest, with ecosystem ranged from coastal mangrove forest on north coast, rocky coastal cliff on southern coast, low-lying tropical forest, to high altitude rainforest on slopes of mountainous volcanic regions in the interior.

This mountainous area of Mexico is volcanic, and in the area surrounding the city are places such as the Naolinco volcanic field.

The lake's high altitude, great depth, slow rate of refill and mountainous location in a turbulently volcanic area that has undergone changing climate have all given the lake a complex history of changing flow patterns, with its outflow to the sea apparently historically unusual: it has been described as ' practically endorheic ' for this reason.

It is volcanic and very mountainous with the highest peak Pico Basile ().

Eastern Siberia and the Soviet Far East are also mountainous regions, especially the volcanic peaks of the long Kamchatka Peninsula, which jutted down into the Sea of Okhotsk.

Like the rest of the Canary Islands chain, El Hierro is sharply mountainous and volcanic, only one eruption has ever been recorded on the island from the Volcan de Lomo Negro vent in 1793.

Canóvanas combines flat alluvial plains, areas with gentle hills made up of volcaniclastic rocks, and rugged, deeply dissected mountainous areas made up of volcaniclastic and volcanic rocks ( lava flows and exposed intrusive igneous rocks ).

These holes are rare examples of volcanic action without a mountainous rim.

The park includes a variety of geographic features including natural hot springs, coastlines, mountainous areas, lakes, and more than 1000 volcanic islands.

The larger islands are volcanic in origin, mountainous, and covered in tropical moist forest.

On the higher islands and somewhat wetter islands, exclusively in mountainous areas, like Santo Antao island, the climate is suitable for the development of dry monsoon forest, and laurel forest as this vegetation is believed to have been present in the past.

The average annual rainfall is, with extremes of or more in the mountainous northeast ( the windward side of the island ) and in the southwestern valleys.

The mountainous and most recent part of the island can be found to the west, the centre of which is dominated by Mount Capanne (), also called the " roof of the Tuscan Archipelago ".

The Hispaniolan pine forests occupy the mountainous 15 % of the island, above elevation.

The New Guinea Highlands range some east to west along the island, forming a mountainous spine between the north and south coasts.

The profusion is due to many factors, including the length of time the archipelago has been inhabited, its mountainous island terrain, and Japan's long history of both external and internal isolation.

The island is mountainous, the highest summit being the Beerenberg volcano in the north.

The island is mountainous, and Japan's most active volcano, Mt Aso at, is on Kyushu.

The terrain is principally mountainous and arid, with a ridge of mountains running through the spine of the island.

The north of the island is mountainous and lushly forested.

The island is mountainous, and is home to Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the country.

The Grande Terre is by far the largest of the islands, and the only mountainous island.

varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babeldaob to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs

Mainly mountainous, the island of Culebra possesses renowned beaches.

The contour of the island presents a sharp contrast, from deep seas surrounding the island to a mountainous interior forming a backbone along the narrow peninsulas.

The central part of the island is ruggedly mountainous, such that the island's peninsulas have traditionally been remote from each other, with better connections by sea than by road.

Taroko National Park, located on the mountainous eastern side of the island, has good examples of mountainous terrain, gorges and erosion caused by a swiftly flowing river.

Taroko National Park, located on the mountainous eastern side of the island, has good examples of mountainous terrain, gorges and erosion caused by a swiftly flowing river.

The main island is quite mountainous ; the only flat area is the location of the capital, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, on the northwest coast.

In some places near the seaward margins of areas with fjords, the ice-scoured channels are so numerous and varied in direction that the rocky coast is divided into thousands of island blocks, some large and mountainous while others are merely rocky points or rock reefs, menacing navigation.