Archipelago

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This article is about island chains. For different utilization, see Archipelago (disambiguation).

The Mergui Archipelago in Burma (Myanmar).

The Ksamil Archipelago in Albania.

The archipelago of Fernando de Noronha in Brazil.

An archipelago (Listeni/ɑrkɨˈpɛləɡoʊ/ ark-i-PEL-ə-goh), once in a while called an island gathering or island chain, is a chain, bunch or accumulation of islands. The statement archipelago is inferred from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- ("boss") and πέλαγος – pélagos ("ocean") through the Italian arcipelago. In Italian, perhaps after a convention of days of yore, the Arcipelago (from medieval Greek *ἀρχιπέλαγος) was the correct name for the Aegean Sea and, later, utilization moved to allude to the Aegean Islands (since the ocean is noteworthy for its vast number of islands). It is presently used to allude to any island gathering or, off and on again, to an ocean holding a substantial number of scattered islands.

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Archipelagos may be discovered detached in waterways or neighboring a substantial area mass. For instance, Scotland has more than 700 islands encompassing its territory which constitute an archipelago. Archipelagos are frequently volcanic, structuring along island bends produced by subduction zones or hotspots, yet might additionally be the consequence of disintegration, testimony, and area rise. It truly implies a wide zone of water holding a few islands. Contingent upon their land inception, islands framing archipelagos might be alluded to as maritime islands, mainland parts, and mainland islands.[1] Oceanic islands are essentially of volcanic cause. Mainland sections compare to land masses that have divided from a mainland mass because of tectonic dislodging. At long last, sets of islands framed near the bank of a landmass are viewed as mainland archipelagos when they structure a piece of the same mainland retire so islands are simply uncovered mainland rack.

The five fundamental archipelagos are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, and the British Isles. The biggest archipelagic state on the planet, by region and populace, is Indonesia.[2] The archipelago with the most islands is the Archipelago Sea in Finland.[citation needed]