An archipelago is an area that contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean.

What is the explanation of archipelago?

An archipelago is a group of islands closely scattered in a body of water. Usually, this body of water is the ocean, but it can also be a lake or river. Most archipelagoes are made of oceanic islands. This means the islands were formed by volcanoes erupting from the ocean floor. ... Japan is another island arc.

What does Archie Pelago mean?

Physical Geography) a sea studded with islands. [C16 (meaning: the Aegean Sea): from Italian arcipelago, literally: the chief sea (perhaps originally a mistranslation of Greek Aigaion pelagos the Aegean Sea), from archi- + pelago sea, from Latin pelagus, from Greek pelagos] archipelagic, archipelagian adj.