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What term s used for a group of islands?
A group of islands is called an archipelago.
What is the term for group of islands?
archipelago
What term referes to a group of islands?
archipelago
What geographical term has a chain of islands?
sometimes a group of islands is called an archipelago.
What is the name given to a long string of islands such as Alaska's Aleutian Islands?
The general term is "island chain." The term for any group of related islands is "archipelago."
What is the geographic term for a group of islands placed together?
An archipelago
Is Indonesia a group of islands?
Yes. The definition usually applies to a group of islands that have a connection, either geographically or politically. When they are more or less in a line, another common term is "chain".
When one uses the term leeward what are they referring to?
Leeward is a term which refers to a group of islands. They are northern islands in the Lesser Antilles Chain. This refers to their geography in location.
A string of islands known as?
A group of islands are called an archipelago. Originally the term referred to islands formed by volcanic action. Then the Bahamas and other groups used the term to refer to themselves. More specific terms describe other particular groups but archipelago describes an overall group.
What is the collective noun for a string of islands?
The collective nouns for islands are aconstellation, string, group, cluster, or a chain of islands.The term "archipelago" refers to a group of islands in the one location, under a common name. A different term is "island chain" where a long group of islands projects into the sea, typically from a peninsula.
What term refers to a group of islands archipelago isthmus or shoal?
Archipelago, i looked it up in dictionary.com
What is the term given to a group of islands?
The group could be called an archipelago. An extended line (e.g. from volcanoes) would be an island chain.
