Archipelago
Archipelago is also the name of a popular videogame from the early 90's. 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. Archipelagos are often volcanic, forming along ocean ridges or hotspots, but there are many other processes involved in their construction, including erosion and deposition. The word comes from the Aegean Sea (Greek αρχιπέλαγος, Italian Arcipelago), which literally means "chief sea", from Greek arkhi (leader) and pelagos (sea). The Aegean Sea is located between Greece in the west and Turkey in the east. (The Venetian Dukes of Arcipelago ruled from Naxos, 1210–1566.)
List of archipelagoesAegean islandsAleutian IslandsAlexander ArchipelagoAmerican SamoaAndaman IslandsAntilles (West Indies)AzoresBahamasBalearic IslandsBaltic Sea archipelagoes: * Stockholm archipelago, Sweden* Ĺland Islands, autonomous (under Finnish sovereignty)* Turku archipelago, FinlandBelcher IslandsBismarck ArchipelagoBritish IslesCanadian Arctic islandsCanary IslandsCape Verde IslandsCaroline IslandsChannel Islands (Europe)Channel Islands (North America)Comoro IslandsCook IslandsCycladesDodecaneseFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFiji IslandsFlorida KeysFox IslandsFrench Polynesia*Austral Islands*Gambier Islands*Marquesas*Society Islands**Îles du vent (Windward Islands)**Îles sous le vent (Leeward Islands)*TuamotusFrisian or Wadden Islands (divided into the West, East, and North Frisian Islands groups)Furneaux GroupGalápagos IslandsGothenburg archipelagoGreater Sunda IslandsHawaiian IslandsHebridesÎles-de-la-MadeleineJapanese ArchipelagoJuan FernándezKerguelen IslandsKermadec IslandsLakshadweepLesser Sunda IslandsLine IslandsLofotenMalay archipelago (the world's largest)MaldivesMaltese archipelago (Malta, Gozo, Comino, Filfla,St Paul's Island and several smaller islets)Maluku IslandsMariana IslandsMarshall IslandsMelanesiaMicronesiaNew HebridesNew Siberian IslandsNew ZealandNicobar IslandsOrkneysPhilippinesPitcairn IslandsPolynesiaQueen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)SamoaSeychellesShetlandsSolomon IslandsSolentiname IslandsSouth Orkney IslandsSouth Shetland IslandsSpratly IslandsSvalbardThousand IslandsTierra del FuegoTongaThe World, an archipelago of artificial islands being constructed off Dubai.
See also Lists of islands:
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