1.   Darwin himself had explained the strange inhabitants of isolated oceanic islands such as the Galapagos in terms of accidental migrations from the nearest mainland.

2.   This period was sufficiently long for the widespread planation of oceanic islands, many of them volcanic.

3.   Many oceanic islands are volcanic.

4.   Menard discusses volcanism with particular reference to oceanic islands.

5.   Hundreds of scientists from around the world study in the Galapagos each year, more than on any oceanic islands except Hawaii.

6.   Kendall said that the coral atolls here are adjudged as the oldest and most geologically stable of the oceanic islands.