A group or chain of islands is another term for archipelago.
The word "archipelago" comes from the medieval Latin term "archipellagus," which is derived from the Greek words "archi" (chief) and "pelagos" (sea). It originally referred to the Aegean Sea and its large number of islands.
An archipelago is a group of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.
Hawaii consists solely of an archipelago.
Hawaii is the only U.S. state that consists solely of an archipelago. It is an isolated volcanic archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean.
Yes, the Philippines is an archipelago because it is composed of about 7,641 islands. An archipelago is a group of islands clustered together, which is why the Philippines fits this definition.
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Archipelago, i looked it up in dictionary.com
A group of islands are called an archipelago. Originally the term referred to islands formed by volcanic action. Then the Bahamas and other groups used the term to refer to themselves. More specific terms describe other particular groups but archipelago describes an overall group.
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An archipelago.
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One such word is archipelago which can also refer to the surrounding area of water and the islands together.
An archipelago
An archipelago is a geographical term for a chain or group of islands scattered across a body of water.
A group of islands is called an archipelago.