what is an archipelago
An archipelago (/ÉrkÉ¨ËpÉlÉÉ¡oÊ/ ark-i-PEL-É-goh), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek á¼ÏÏÎ¹- â arkhi- (chief) and ÏÎ­Î»Î±Î³Î¿Ï â pelagos (pÃ©lagos) sea through The italian. arcipelagohe largest archipelagic state in the world by area and population is Indonesia. The archipelago with the most islands is the Swedish East Coast Archipelago, which contains the Stockholm Archipelago, which, in turn, connects to the world's second largest archipelago, the Archipelago Sea in Finland.