Archipelago

The Indonesian Archipelago, located in Asia and Oceania, is the largest archipelago in the world.
The Aegean Sea with its large number of islands is the origin of the term archipelago.
The Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar

An archipelago (/ˌɑːrkəˈpɛləɡ/ AR-kə-PEL-ə-goh),[1] sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. An archipelago may be on a lake, river, or an ocean. The list of archipelagos includes the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the Stockholm Archipelago, the Malay Archipelago (which includes the Indonesian and Phillippine Archipelagos), the nation of Japan and the state of Hawaii.

  1. ^ "archipelago". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.

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