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An archipelago (/ ˌ ɑːr k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə ɡ oʊ / ⓘ AR-kə-PEL-ə-goh), [1] sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. An archipelago may be on a lake, river, or an ocean.
Swedish East Coast Archipelago Gräsö archipelago; Oskarshamn archipelago; Stockholm Archipelago. Rödlöga archipelago; Skarv Archipelago; Södermanland archipelago; Öregrund archipelago; Östergötland archipelago. Gryt archipelago; Sankt Anna's Archipelago; Tjust Archipelago; Småland archipelago; Turku archipelago; West Estonian archipelago
Name of the archipelago Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays Location (total number of islands) Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago): 50,000 (Approx.)
This is a list of the most isolated islands and archipelagos on Earth in terms of distance to another landmass. Many of these islands are of volcanic origin via tectonic plates such as Bouvet Island while others appear from hotspots such as the Azores which was created by the Azores hotspot.
The regime of archipelagic sea lanes passage (ASLP) is specific to archipelagic waters and is similar to the transit passage for the international straits: both ships and aircraft can use the archipelagic waters, the right of passage is non-suspensible, submarines can navigate while submerged, etc. Article 54 in particular explicitly incorporates Articles 39, 30, 42, and 44 (that cover the ...
Archipelago Oceanic United Kingdom: 53.3 20.6 62,500 1,170 3,000 Atlantic Ocean, North America Bouvet Island: One island Oceanic Norway: 49 19 No permanent resident: 0 0 Southern Ocean British Indian Ocean Territory: Archipelago Oceanic United Kingdom: 60 23 3,000 50 130 Indian Ocean British Virgin Islands: Archipelago Continental shelf United ...
The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
The archipelago of the Azores is located in the middle of the northern hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean and extends along a west-northwest to east-southeast orientation (between 36.5°–40° North latitudes and 24.5°–31.5° West longitudes) in an area approximately 600 km (373 mi) wide.