An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands.
un groupement d'îles (archipelago of islands = archipel d'îles)
Archipelago is understood to mean a collection of islands, so yes the "of islands" part is redundant.
The Philippine Islands are not on or in a continent. They are a island grouping, an archipelago, off the coast of Asia and are usually considered to be part of the southeast Asian region.
Groups of islands are called "archipelagoes", for example, the Galapagos islands.
A group of islands is known as an archipelago.
An archipelago.
An archipelago.
The Canary Islands are an archipelago of islands, off the west coast of Africa.
The noun archipelago is used for an archipelago of islands.
Philippines is nothing but an Archipelago. That means group of islands together.
It's called an archipelago.
Yes, the Hawaiian Islands are properly called an Archipelago.