Archipelagos are the countries or states that consists of many islands like Philippines and Indonesia.
about 2300. I don't know where you get 2300 but according to the U.S. Geological Survey there are 18,617 named islands that are part of the United States and its territories! That is not counting the many Many MANY un-named islands of witch no one knows the exact number.
The Virgin Islands is a territory of the United States, not a state or a country. It consists of the United States Virgin Islands, which are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea that are under the jurisdiction of the United States.
The United States has several island territories, including the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea and Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. There are also several U.S. islands in the Pacific with no permanent inhabitants, including Midway Island.
2,300 islands are governed to the US
Various states handle the development of barrier islands by not polluting it
United States has 200 islands
Signs point to 1,500 islands. And most likely true counting all the beautiful uninhabited island and atolls in the FSM. But, there are four main islands that make up the Federation. They are, starting from east to west, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk, and Yap.
There are many: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_United_States
The United States gained islands in the Eastern Samoan Islands. This settled a dispute between Germany and the United States.
The United States of America consists of50 states,the District of Columbia,the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,the Territory of Guam,the Territory of American Samoa,the Territory of the United States Virgin Islands, andseveral smaller island holdings
Various states handle the development of barrier islands by not polluting it