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An archipelago is a a group of closely scattered islands.
An example of an archipelago is the Galapagos in the Pacific Ocean, west of Ecuador. Another is the Philippines, on the other side of the Pacific.
They typically occur where tectonic plates slide across each other and form from volcanic activity.
(The term was famously used metaphorically by Nobel Prize winner Alexsandr Solzhenitzin in "The Gulag Archipelago" to describe scattered prison camps in the Soviet Union penal system.)
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What is the meaning f archepelago?
an archepelago is a group,cluster or chain scattered islands
Does France have an archepelago?
French Polynesia, Kerguélen, etc...
Why is the Philippines called an archepelago?
Because it is an extensive group of islands
Why Philippines is called an archepelago?
The Philippines is an archipelago because there are 7,641 islands. An archipelago is an extensive group of islands.
What is a chain or string of islands is called?
A chain, string or group of islands is called an archipelago.
Why do you have different fishes in the Philippines?
There are many Fishes in the Philippines because the Philippines is surrounded by water and the Phillippines is an archepelago so, there are many different kinds of fishes in the Philippines.
Could Philippines deserves the title pearls of the orient?
Philippine is no longer deserved with this title pearl of the orient,because due the war in our country.there is no peaceful at all archepelago.
What does Argentina call the Falklands islands?
MALVINAS. A Spanish derivative after the French Îles Malouines, named when the archepelago was a French colony, it is Breton for: in the manner of the mariners and fishermen of St Malo, who occupied the colony.
Japan is made of how many large islands and how many small islands?
Japan is an archepelago of 6,852 islands total.
How did the Philippines become the Philippines?
it was named after the king of Spain King Philip II. that is why we came up with the name Philippines The islands that now composed the modern day Philippines was named after the Spanish king Felipe by the Spanish explorer Roy Lopez de Villalobos. The Spaniards called the archepelago Las Islas Felipinas. When the Americans defeated the Spaniards during the US-Spanish war the Americans renamed the islands Philippines and called it Philippine Islands.
What effects did geography have on the way Greeks met their needs?
Geography influences all nations. Greece includes mainland Greece (part of the Eurasian continent) and a whole lot of islands (known as the Grecian Archepelago) The Greeks became very good sailors because of the need to get from island to island and anywhere else. The British became very good sailors for the same reason. The Greeks -at least the Athenians-valued knowledge and education. Many royal and aristocratic households all over the ancient world had Greek tutors for their children.
What is the name of the world's smallest bridge?
The world's smallest international bridge is in the Thousand Islands, an archepelago in the St. Lawrence River between Canada and the United States. The bridge, a foot bridge about 30 feet long (10 meters) is between a small island on the Canadian side, which contains a house, and a smaller island on the U.S. side which serves as the home's back yard.
