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.
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WEBThis is a list of archipelagos, organised by oceans then seas and finally arranged alphabetically. Geographically isolated islands are included as well.
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 ...
WEBIt is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
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 ...
WEBEen archipel of eilandengroep is een landvorm die bestaat uit een ketting of tros van eilanden. Archipels bevinden zich vaak in open zee en zijn meestal vulkanische eilanden, die ontstaan langs oceanische ruggen of vulkanische hotspots. Een voorbeeld van een archipel ontstaan door een hotspot is Hawaï, een langgerekte archipel bestaande uit ...
WEBLearn about archipelago, a group of islands in a body of water, and how they are formed by volcanoes, glaciers, or post-glacial rebound. Explore examples of archipelagoes around the world, such as Hawaii, Japan, and the Malay Archipelago.
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.
WEBGeography. The archipelago consists of 14,125 islands [1] (here defined as land more than 100 m in circumference), of which 430 are inhabited. [8] . The five main islands, from north to south, are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. [6] . Honshu is the largest and referred to as the Japanese mainland. [9] The topography is divided as:
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