Archipelagoes Archipelagoes :Comoro is also a town in East Timor, where the airport for the capital city, Dili, is located. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comoro Islands"
The Cook Islands are a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand. The 15 small islands in this South Pacific Ocean have a total land area of 240 km². ...more on Wikipedia about "Cook Islands"
The Cyclades, from the Greek Κυκλάδες, ("circular," modern Greek Kykládes; see also List of traditional Greek place names) form an island group south-east of the mainland of Greece. They are a part of the vast number of islands which constitute the Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea. The name was originally used to indicate those islands that formed a rough circle around the sacred island of Delos (map). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyclades"
D'Entrecasteaux Islands are a group of inhabited volcanic islands off of the southeastern tip of New Guinea. The chain is situated in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The islands were named for the French navigator J. A. B. d'Entrecasteaux. ...more on Wikipedia about "D'Entrecasteaux Islands"
The De Long Islands are an uninhabited archipelago often included as part of the New Siberian Islands, lying north east of Novaya Sibir. ...more on Wikipedia about "De Long Islands"
The Diomede Islands (Острова Диомида, Ostrova Diomida), consisting of the western island Big Diomede or Imaqliq, also known as Ratmanov Island, and the eastern island Little Diomede or Inaliq, are two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diomede Islands"
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic continental shelf consisting of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, and a number of smaller islands. The Falkland Islands are located at . The Falkland Islands are a largely self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom but are claimed by Argentina to be part of its national territory. Stanley is the capital and largest city, on East Falkland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Falkland Islands"
The Faroe Islands or simply Faroes ( Faroese: Føroyar, meaning "Sheep Islands", Danish: Færøerne) are a group of islands in the north Atlantic Ocean between Scotland, Norway and Iceland. They have been an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark since 1948 and have, over the years, taken control of most matters, except defense (they have no organized native military, which remains the responsibility of Denmark, except for a small Police Force and Coast Guard) and foreign affairs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Faroe Islands"
The Federated States of Micronesia comprise a republic located in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Papua New Guinea. The country is a sovereign state in free association with the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Federated States of Micronesia"
The Florida Keys are an archipelago or cluster of about 1700 islands in the extreme southeast of the United States. The Keys extend from the southeastern Florida peninsula from a point about 15 miles south of Miami, running south-southwest at first and gradually curving west to Key West, and out to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. The islands lie along the Florida Straits, dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the west, and defining one edge of Florida Bay. At the nearest point, the southern tip of Key West is just 90 miles (145 km) from Cuba. ...more on Wikipedia about "Florida Keys"
The Fox Islands are a group of islands, in the eastern Aleutian Islands off the southwest tip of Alaska. Of the Aleutians, the Fox Islands are the closest to mainland North America. The Andreanof Islands group is west of the Fox Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fox Islands"
The Furneaux Group is a group of 52 islands, at the eastern end Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. The islands are named for British explorer Tobias Furneaux who explored the area in 1773. ...more on Wikipedia about "Furneaux Group"
The Galápagos Islands (Spanish name: Archipiélago de Colón) are an archipelago made up of 13 main volcanic islands, 6 smaller islands, and 107 rocks and islets. The very first island is thought to have formed between 5 and 10 million years ago, as a result of tectonic activity. The youngest islands, Isabela and Fernandina, are still being formed, with the most recent volcanic eruption in 1998. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galápagos Islands"
The Gambier Islands ( French: Îles Gambier or Archipel des Gambier) are a small group of islands in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago. They are generally considered a separate island group from Tuamotu both because their culture and language ( Mangarevan) are much more closely related to those of the Marquesas Islands, and because, while the Tuamotus are comprised of several chains of coral atolls, the Gambiers, especially the primary island, Mangareva, are of volcanic origin. Because of its proximity, the nearby atoll of Temoe ( ) is sometimes included among the Gambiers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gambier Islands" shortopedia rocks. Archipelagoes
The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a total land area of 300,000 km². The 11 largest islands contain 94% of the total land area. The largest of these islands is Luzon at about 105,000 km². The next largest island is Mindanao at about 94,600 km². The archipelago is around 800 km from the Asian mainland and is located between Taiwan and Borneo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of the Philippines"
The islands of the Caribbean Sea, collectively known as the West Indies are sorted by size and location into the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles. The Greater Antilles are Cuba, Jamaica, the island of La Hispaniola (composed of Haiti on the west side and the Dominican Republic on the east side) and Puerto Rico. By language, affinity and tradition, they are also considered part of Latin America ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Antilles"
The Greater Sunda Islands are a group of islands in the west part of the Malay Archipelago. Islands in the group include: ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Sunda Islands"
The Guayaneco Archipelago ( Spanish: Archipiélago Guayaneco) is an archipelago in southern Chile (located at ). It was heavily glaciated during the most recent ice age. These glaciers dissected these mountain islands into a series of deep river valleys and glacial troughs. Today these glacial troughs are deep channels and fjords. The islands of the Guayaneco Archipelago comprise a series of elongated islands and deep bays that are the traces of a drowned coastal range. A number of deep channels are traversing generally north to south through the islands. These include the Messier Channel in the lower left portion of the image, and the Fallos Channel near the center of the image. Forests cover the lower slopes of the mountains throughout the many islands. Human settlement on these islands is scarce. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guayaneco Archipelago"
The Hawaiian Islands, once known as the Sandwich Islands, form an archipelago of nineteen islands and atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts trending northwest by southeast in the North Pacific Ocean between latitudes 19° N and 29° N. The archipelago takes its name from the largest island in the group and extends some 1500 miles (2400 km) from the Island of Hawai‘i in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hawaiian Islands"
:This article is about the Hebrides islands in Scotland. See also the New Hebrides for the islands constituting Vanuatu. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hebrides"
The Inner Hebrides are a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. They are part of the Hebrides. ...more on Wikipedia about "Inner Hebrides"
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An island arc is a type of archipelago formed by plate tectonics as one oceanic tectonic plate subducts under another and produces magma. It is a type of volcanic arc. Partial melting of the overriding mantle generates low-density, calc-alkaline magma that buoyantly rises to intrude and be extruded through the lithosphere of the overriding plate. The resulting volcano chain has the shape of an arc parallel to the convergent plate boundary and convex toward the subducting plate. Weathering and erosion of these volcanic rocks produce black-green beaches composed of olivine sand eroded from the volcanic cones. ...more on Wikipedia about "Island arc"
The Japanese Archipelago which forms the country of Japan extends from north to south along the eastern coast of the Eurasian Continent, the western shore of the Pacific Ocean. It consists of more than 1000 islands, including the four Main Islands (in descending order from North to South): ...more on Wikipedia about "Japanese Archipelago"
The Jason Islands are an archipelago in the Falkland Islands, lying north west of the main island group, and about 250 miles east of Argentina. None of the islands has ever been inhabited, but until the 1980s they were used for grazing sheep. They are now run as a nature reserve, and a previous owner once issued some now sought-after banknotes in their name. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jason Islands"
The Juan Fernández Islands is a sparsely inhabited island group in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about 667 km off the coast of Chile, and is composed of several volcanic islands: ...more on Wikipedia about "Juan Fernández Islands"
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