The term "archipelago" is borrowed from the Italian arcipelago, attested since the 14th century, itself a distortion of the Greek Aigaion Pelagos (Αἰγαῖον Πέλαγος).. This word originally referred to ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is from the official website for the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Watching “Archipelago” in ...

THE Philippines is an archipelago consisting of 7,641 islands and has the 5th longest coastline in the world. The country boasts of being the preferred source of shipboard labor and takes pride in ...

MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS Correspondent Vitaly Korneyev/. Most Russians have heard at least something about Spitsbergen - a cold Arctic archipelago. The name is associated with the vast snowy ...