Editing Archipelago (section)

{{Short description|Collection of islands}}
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[[File:Indonesia relief location map.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|The [[Indonesian Archipelago]], located in Asia and [[Oceania]], is the largest archipelagic state in the world.]]
[[File:Aegeansea.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Aegean Sea]] with its large number of islands is the origin of the term ''archipelago''.]]
[[File:MerguiArchipelagoMap.png|thumb|The [[Mergui Archipelago]] in Myanmar]]
An '''archipelago''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɑːr|k|ə|ˈ|p|ɛ|l|ə|ɡ|oʊ|audio=en-us-archipelago.ogg}} {{respell|AR|kə|PEL|ə|goh}}),<ref>{{cite Dictionary.com|archipelago}}</ref> sometimes called an '''island group''' or '''island chain''', is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the [[Aegean Islands]] (the origin of the term), the Canadian [[Arctic Archipelago]], the [[Stockholm Archipelago]], the [[Malay Archipelago]] (which includes the Indonesian and Philippine Archipelagos), the [[Lucayan Archipelago|Lucayan (Bahamian) Archipelago]], the [[Japanese archipelago]], and the [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaiian Archipelago]].