Archipelago - Wikipedia
WebAn archipelago (/ ˌ ɑːr k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə ɡ oʊ / ⓘ AR-kə-PEL-ə-goh), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
List of archipelagos - Wikipedia
WebThis is a list of archipelagos, organised by oceans then seas and finally arranged alphabetically. Geographically isolated islands are included as well.
Hawaiian Islands - Wikipedia
WebThe Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
List of archipelagos by number of islands - Wikipedia
WebName of the archipelago Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays Finland: Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago) 50,000 (Approx.) Indonesia: Malay Archipelago: 38,000 (approx.) Canada: Canadian Arctic Archipelago: 36,563 Sweden: Stockholm archipelago: 34,316 Canada: Thirty Thousand Islands: …
Archipelago - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WebAn archipelago (pronounced /ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ/) is a chain or group of islands. The word archipelago means "chief sea ", from Greek arkhon ( arkhi -) ("leader") and pelagos ("sea"). Archipelagos are usually found in the open sea; less commonly, a big landmass may neighbor them, an example being Scotland which has more than 700 islands ...
Azores - Wikipedia
WebThe archipelago of the Azores is located in the middle of the northern hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean and extends along a west-northwest to east-southeast orientation (between 36.5°–40° North latitudes and 24.5°–31.5° West longitudes) in an area approximately 600 km (373 mi) wide.
Japanese archipelago - Wikipedia
WebThe Daitō Islands, the Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc, the Kuril Islands, and the Nanpō Islands neighbor the archipelago. Japan is the largest island country in East Asia and the fourth-largest island country in the world with 377,975.24 km 2 (145,937.06 sq mi).
Archipelago - National Geographic Society
WebOct 19, 2023 · Vocabulary. An archipelago is a group of islands closely scattered in a body of water. Usually, this body of water is the ocean, but it can also be a lake or river. Most archipelagoes are made of oceanic islands. This means the islands were formed by volcanoes erupting from the ocean floor.
Solomon Islands (archipelago) - Wikipedia
WebThe Solomon Islands (archipelago) is an island group in the western South Pacific Ocean, north-east of Australia. The archipelago is in the Melanesian subregion and bioregion of Oceania and forms the eastern boundary of the Solomon Sea.
What Is an Archipelago? | Wonderopolis
WebWhat is an archipelago? How are archipelagos formed? Which modern countries are archipelagos? Tags: See All Tags. arc, archipelago, Archipelago Sea, chain, cluster, eruption, Finland, glacial, glacier, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, Indonesia, island, Japan, Malay Archipelago, Malaysia, New Zealand, ocean, oceanic, rebound, United Kingdom, volcanic,
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