Archipelago
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An archipelago (sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- ("chief") and πέλαγος – pélagos ("sea") through the Italian arcipelago. In Italian, possibly following a tradition of antiquity, the Arcipelago (from medieval Greek *ἀρχιπέλαγος) was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and, later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands (since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands). It is now used to refer to any island group or, sometimes, to a sea containing a large number of scattered islands.
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See also
- Island arc
- Geography
- Earth science
- Geomorphology
- List of landforms
- Plate tectonics
- Island country
- Earthsea
- The World (archipelago)
- List of archipelagos by number of islands
- List of archipelagos
- List of islands
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