Question

Give the characteristics of Archipelago.

Answer 1

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. ... This means the islands were formed by volcanoes erupting from the ocean floor. An archipelago made up of oceanic islands is called an island arc.

Answer 2

Explanation:

An archipelago, also referred to as an island group or chain of islands, is a line, cluster, or island array, or sometimes a sea comprising a small number of islands.

Characteristics of Archipelago are -

- An archipelago sounds like a rock and looks like it is in the water a giant egg. This pattern of land type looks like regular land with lots of plant life at times.

- The archipelago stretches along the Equator for more than 3,800 miles and extends in its widest north-south direction for 2,200 miles.

- Most archipelagos consist of islands of the oceans. This indicates that volcanoes erupted from the ocean floor formed the islands.