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.
Archipelagic state - Wikipedia
WEBAn archipelagic state is an island country that consists of an archipelago. The designation is legally defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). In various conferences, [1] the Bahamas, Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines are the five original sovereign states that obtained approval in the ...
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: 30,000 (approx.) Southeast …
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.
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 ...
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).
Chagos Archipelago - Wikipedia
WEBThe Chagos Archipelago ( / ˈtʃɑːɡəs, - ɡoʊs /) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, [2] and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archipelago. This chain of islands is the southernmost archipelago of the ...
What is an archipelago? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
WEBAn archipelago is an area that contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean. West of British Columbia, Canada, and south of the Yukon Territory, the southeastern coastline of Alaska trails off into the islands of the Alexander Archipelago. Photo Credit: NASA.
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