Archipelago
An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. Archipelagoes usually occur in the open sea; less commonly a large land mass may neighbour them.
archipelago -- n. A group of islands; an expanse of water with scattered islands.
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archipelago
An archipelago is a group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.
atoll
An atoll is a ring (or partial ring) of coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea.
Archipelago
A group of islands that have an arc shaped distribution. These islands are usually of volcanic origin and are associated with subduction zones.
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São Tomé and Príncipe - passing through Ilhéu das Rolas, an islet in this archipelago
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Uganda - including some islets in Lake Victoria
Kenya
Somalia ...
Below is a Landsat view of a segment of Java, the main island in the Indonesian archipelago, a prime example of an island arc terrane still evolving.
Martin, J.-L., and Lepart, J. (1989) Impoverishment in the bird community of a Finnish archipelago: the role of island size, isolation and vegetation structure, Journal of Biogeography 16: 159-172.
The European DGPS network has been mainly developed by the Finnish and Swedish maritime administrations in order to improve safety in the archipelago between the two countries.
Moreover, it is an archipelago that has a lot of steep cliffs dropping off into the water. Previous experience has shown that this is one of the toughest interpolation challenges.
 See also: Information, Area, Surface, Region, Location
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