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What is the name given to a long string of islands such as Alaska's Aleutian Islands?
The general term is "island chain." The term for any group of related islands is "archipelago."
Japan is made up of a long chain of islands What do geographers call such an island chain?
an archipelago
What are the Outer Banks of North Carolina a long string of?
The Outer Banks of North Carolina (and Virginia) are a long chain of small barrier islands out from the coast.
What do geographers call a long chain of islands like Japan?
The name for a cluster or chain of islands is "archipelago". (More technically, it would apply to a chain of islands like Hawaii, which are all formed from the same tectonic / volcanic source.)
What is the collective noun for a string of islands?
The collective nouns for islands are aconstellation, string, group, cluster, or a chain of islands.The term "archipelago" refers to a group of islands in the one location, under a common name. A different term is "island chain" where a long group of islands projects into the sea, typically from a peninsula.
What is the long chain of islands off the SW coast of Alaska?
Aleutian Islands
What is long chain of islands that separate the Caribbean Sea from the rest of the Atlantic Ocean?
The long chain of islands that separates the Caribbean Sea from the rest of the Atlantic Ocean is known as the Caribbean Islands. This island chain includes Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.
Proteins is a long string of?
amino acids form a chain called a polypeptide chain and form a protein
A protein is a long string of?
amino acids form a chain called a polypeptide chain and form a protein
What archipelago forms the long tail of Alaska?
The islands of the long chain that extends from the Alaska Peninsula are the Aleutian Islands, named for the native Aleut tribes that still inhabit the state.
What are two groups of small islands in the long tail of Alaska?
The Near Islands and the Islands of Four Mountains are groups of small islands within the Aleutian Islands (the "tail" of the Alaska Peninsula). The Near Islands are the westernmost in the Aleutian Island chain.
What does a string of amino acids from?
A polypeptide chain that eventually is formed into a protein
