first island chain (English, name)
expansion: first island chain
Senses:
topics: geopolitics
government
politics
glosses: The first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. Principally composed of the Kuril Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, Japan, and Borneo; from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula.
Forms:
form: First Island Chain
tags: alternative