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What is a group of closely scattered islands in a large body of water?
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Archipelago
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What is a group of closely scattered islands in a large of water called?
Keys
what is large group of islands called?
An 'archipelago' means 'a large group of islands'
Native of or concerned with a subregion of Oceania comprising a large group of over 1000 islands scattered over the central and southern pacific ocean?
Polynesian
Is Japan a large group of islands?
Japan is a large island with many little islands around it.
What countries are archipelago?
Archipelagos is a large or small group of islands scattered close together. Southeast Asia contains the largest archipelago. Countries such as Indonesia, The Philippines, Papa New Genie, and Japan
What is a large group of islands?
What is a cape
What is a name for a large group of closely realted people?
A family.
what is a word for many islands?
noun, plural ar·chi·pel·a·gos, ar·chi·pel·a·goes. a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago. any large body of water with many islands. the Archipelago, the Aegean Sea.The collective noun for islands can be a sting of islands, a chain of islands, a cluster of islands, or a group of islands.
Why do we say that Seychelles is an archipelago?
Because they form a large group or chain of islands
A Large Group Of Islands Clustered Together?
It is archipelago.
What is A group of islands in a large body of water is?
Archipelago
What does archipelago mean?
It is a tectonically formed group or cluster of large islands.such as aegean sea which contains a large number of scattered islands.Archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that is formed tectonically. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- - arkhi- ("chief") and πέλαγος - pelagos("sea") through the Italian Archipelago. In Italian, possibly following a tradition of antiquity, the Archipelago(from medieval Greek was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and, later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands (since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands). It is now used to generally refer to any island group or, sometimes, to a sea containing a large number of scattered islands like the Aegean Sea.
