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Was Bora-Bora formed by a volcano?

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Bora Bora exemplifies what Charles Darwin called an "almost atoll," a barrier reef island formed by an oceanic volcano with a fringing coral reef. Over the course of the years, as the surrounding coral reef grows upward, the island with the volcano sinks.

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