File MinganArchipelago National Park.jpg thumb 300px MinganArchipelago National Park The MinganArchipelago is an archipelago located east of Quebec , Canada . It consists of a chain of about 40 island s. Starting but 124 miles from the end of the road along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River Le Fleuve , the MinganArchipelago National Park Reserve of Canada spreads about 109 miles eastward as it dots the coastline with over 2,000 islands and islets. To the southwest a 9 to 10 hour drive away lies Quebec City. Due south across a 12 mile channel is Anticosti Island and below Anticosti another 25 miles is the eastern tip of the Gaspe Peninsula . To the east is a roadless coastline all the way to Newfoundland and Labrador . To the north are tundra , lakes, bog and rock. In late June it is still Spring. Politically, most of the islands lie in the town of Havre Saint Pierre, Quebec Havre Saint Pierre , but the westernmost of the chain lie in the municipality of Longue Pointe de Mingan, Quebec Longue Pointe de Mingan . References http www.pc.gc.ca pn np qc mingan index e.asp MinganArchipelago National Park Reserve of Canada coord 50 12 33 N 63 35 22 W source CGNDB scale 500000 display title Category Archipelagoes of the Atlantic Ocean Category Geography of C te Nord Category Islands of Quebec Category Islands of the Saint Lawrence River Category Archipelagoes of Canada Quebec geo stub es Archipi lago de Mingan ... more details
Infobox Protected area name MinganArchipelago National Park Reserve iucn category II map Canadian National Parks Location.png map caption Location of MinganArchipelago in Canada locator x 237 locator y 148 location Havre Saint Pierre, Quebec Havre Saint Pierre Longue Pointe de Mingan, Quebec Longue Pointe de Mingan , Minganie Regional County Municipality, Quebec , Canada nearest city Sept les, Quebec lat d 50 lat m 13 lat s lat NS N long d 63 long m 10 long s long EW W area 151 km established 1984 visitation num 28,862 visitation year 2007 ref cite web title Parks Canada Attendance 2003 04 to 2007 08 url http www.pc.gc.ca docs pc rpts attend attend e.pdf work publisher Parks Canada date 2008 accessdate 2009 04 04 ref governing body Parks Canada The MinganArchipelago National Park Reserve is a national park reserve located in the eastern area of Quebec , Canada , on the north shore of Gulf of St. Lawrence . It features the MinganArchipelago , a chain of around 40 islands. Image LaGrandeDame.jpg thumb left La Grande Dame monolith, 2003 The islands formed as the continent slowly rose after the last glaciation. Over the course of the last few thousand years, the limestone rocks were slowly eroded by the waves, the changing sea level and the winds, as well as seasonal freezing and thawing ... in Canada. ref cite web title MinganArchipelago Natural Heritage url http www.pc.gc.ca pn np qc mingan natcul natcul1 3.aspx publisher Parks Canada accessdate 2011 04 11 ref MinganArchipelago ... areas of C te Nord Quebec geo stub de MinganArchipelago Nationalpark es Reserva Parque Nacional Archipi lago de Mingan eo Nacia Park Rezervejo de la Mingana Insularo fr R serve de parc national de l Archipel de Mingan pl Park Narodowy L Archipel de Mingan pt Parque e Reserva Nacional Arquip lago Mingan ru sv Archipel de Mingans nationalpark ... pn np qc mingan index e.asp Official site http canadianparks.com quebec minganp index.htm Information ... more details
Infobox settlement name Mingan settlement type Indian reserve native name nickname motto image skyline ... fiche municipalite 98808 Mingan ref government type leader title Chief leader name Jean Charles Pi tacho ... Mingan community profile ref population as of 2006 population notes population footnotes ref name ... website footnotes Mingan , also known as Ekuantshit in Innu aimun , is an Innu First Nations reserve in the Canada Canadian province of Quebec , at the mouth of the Mingan River on Mingan Bay of the Gulf ... 10 km mi sp us east of the village of Longue Pointe de Mingan, Quebec Longue Pointe de Mingan ... water and sewer system, fire station, and an aboriginal police force. ref name ainc The name Mingan ... ct ToposWeb fiche.aspx?no seq 178726 title Mingan R serve indienne publisher Commission de toponymie du Qu bec accessdate 2010 10 01 language French ref History File Autochtones tente Mingan 1920.jpg thumb left 225px Indian group at Mingan, 1920 Historically, the region was the homeland of the Innu .... Mingan was a summer gathering site where they would fish for salmon, hunt for whale, have family meetings, and trade with each other. In 1661 when the Mingan Seignory was granted and Europeans began ... the name Mingan, that was frequently visited by the Innu to trade fur and who continued to use ... books?id mhlkVMPRItAC&pg PA109&lpg PA109&dq mingan reserve&source bl&ots tCduVS Dy0&sig dPmxlroQ3gq ... v onepage&q mingan 20reserve&f false ref The Innu nomadic life became disrupted at the time ... sqmi km2 sp us of land within the seignory of Mingan to the Government of Canada as a reserve for Indians of the Mingan region. But the reserve provided no access to the Mingan River upon which the Innu ... indlanhisque hisfonterindque mingan ang.pdf Mingan land title history ref Demographics As of December ... council Ekuanitshit Mingan http www.thelowernorthshore.com Lower North Shore Community Web Site Geographic location Centre Mingan North Havre Saint Pierre, Quebec Havre Saint Pierre Northeast East Havre ... more details
About chains of islands File MerguiArchipelagoMap.png thumb The Mergui Archipelago file Ksamil Islets.jpg thumb The Ksamil Islands Ksamil Archipelago in Albania file Fernando noronha.jpg thumb The archipelago of Fernando de Noronha An archipelago IPAc en icon r k p l o respell ark i PEL goh , sometimes called an island group , is a chain or cluster of island s. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek language Greek arkhi chief and p lagos sea through the Italian arcipelago . In Italian language Italian , possibly following a tradition of Ancient Greece antiquity , the Arcipelago from medieval Greek Linguistic reconstruction was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and, later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands . It is now used to refer to any island group or, sometimes, to a sea containing a large number of scattered islands such as the Aegean Sea. ref cite web url http www.thefreedictionary.com archipelago title Archipelago accessdate 2008 10 02 year 2008 publisher Farlex, Inc. archiveurl http www.thefreedictionary.com archipelago archivedate 2008 ref Types of archipelago Archipelagos may be found isolated in bodies of water or neighboring a large land mass . For example, Scotland has more than 700 islands surrounding its mainland which constitute an archipelago. Archipelagos are often volcano volcanic , forming along island arc s generated by subduction subduction ... 2008 12 07 ref The archipelago with the most islands is the Archipelago Sea in Finland . See also ... tectonics Island country Earthsea The World archipelago List of archipelagos by number of islands List ... Cite EB1911 wstitle Archipelago http www.environmentalgraffiti.com featured island archipelagos ... pap Archipelago km pms Arsip lagh nds Archipel pl Archipelag pt Arquip lago ro Arhipelag ru sah scn Arcip lacu simple Archipelago sk S ostrovie sl Oto je sr ... more details
Infobox settlement name The Archipelago official name settlement type Township nickname motto image skyline Miv03.jpg imagesize image caption image flag flag size 120x100px image shield shield size 100x90px image map mapsize pushpin map Canada Ontario pushpin mapsize 200 pushpin label The Archipelago pushpin label position top latd 45 latm 35 latNS N longd 80 longm 23 longEW W coordinates display inline,title coordinates region CA ON subdivision type Country subdivision name CAN subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 ON subdivision type2 District subdivision name2 Parry Sound District, Ontario Parry Sound established title Settled established date established title2 Incorporated established date2 1980 government type Township leader title Reeve leader name Peter Ketchum leader title1 ... m website http www.thearchipelago.on.ca www.thearchipelago.on.ca footnotes The Archipelago is a township ... content&view article&id 23&Itemid 16 title History of the Archipelago publisher Township of The Archipelago ... Skerryvore Woods Bay History On January 1, 1980, the townships of Georgian Bay South Archipelago and Georgian Bay North Archipelago were formed out of unincorporated geographic townships from the Parry ... for the amalgamation of the two municipalities. Therefore, the Township of the Archipelago was formed on April 1, 1980, when the townships of Georgian Bay South Archipelago and Georgian Bay North Archipelago ... url http atlas.nrcan.gc.ca site english maps topo map accessdate 2009 06 13 cite web title The Archipelago ... 2009 06 13 refend External links http www.thearchipelago.on.ca Township of The Archipelago North part Geographic location Centre The Archipelago North Naiscoutaing 17A, Ontario Naiscoutaing 17A ... Bay Northwest South part Geographic location Centre The Archipelago North Wasauksing First Nation ... Bay Twp. Southwest West Georgian Bay Northwest Parry Sound District DEFAULTSORT Archipelago, The Category ... Ontario geo stub pl The Archipelago ... more details
Wiktionary archipelago An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. It may also refer to In geography The Archipelago, Ontario , a township in Canada on Georgian Bay Duchy of the Archipelago , a maritime state created in the Aegean Sea the Cyclades in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade In music Archipelago album Archipelago , a live album by the American group, Land band Land The Golden Archipelago , a 2010 album by Shearwater band Shearwater Archipelago, an indie folk rock band from Brooklyn, NY In film Archipelago film Archipelago , a 2010 British film by Joanna Hogg In other fields The Gulag Archipelago , a novel about the Soviet slave labor and concentration camp system by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn NYSE Arca , an abbreviation of Archipelago Exchange, an online stock exchange owned by the NYSE Group Bismarck Archipelago Campaign , a military campaign from 15 December 1943 to 27 November 1944 Archipelago Tomorrow , a local right wing French political movement Archipelago Books , a book publisher. Archipelagos video game , a 1989 video game for the Atari ST, Amiga and PC Disambig fr Archipel homonymie hr Arhipelag razdvojba ... more details
Gorong archipelago is between Watubela archipelago and Seram Island Ceram in the Molucca Islands . Maluku geo stub coord missing Indonesia Category Archipelagoes of Indonesia ar nl Gorong ... more details
File Chonos.jpg thumb right 250px Satellite image of Los Lagos Region Los Lagos and Ais n Region . Guaitecas Archipelago is marked with light blue, Chonos Archipelago with dark blue and Chilo Archipelago is marked with red. Guaitecas Archipelago Spanish Archipi lago de las Guaitecas is an archipelago in the municipality of Guaitecas in the Ais n province. The Cipr s de las Guaitecas Spanish for Pilgerodendron tree is named after the archipelago. The only settlement in the archipelago is Melinka, Chile Melinka . coord missing Chile Category Islands of Ais n Region Category Archipelagoes of Chile Category Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean Ais n geo stub es Archipi lago de las Guaitecas fr Archipel de las Guaitecas ka pt Arquip lago das Guaitecas ... more details
Turku archipelago may refer to Archipelago Sea , part of the Baltic Sea outside the Finnish city of Turku Islands of Turku , islands inside the city limits of Turku See also boland , the Swedish speaking part of the Archipelago Sea, excluding land, i.e. V st boland and Kimito n Turunmaa , the Finnish name for boland above disambig es Archipi lago de Turku ... more details
Image Capri and Ischia map.png thumb Map of the Campanian Archipelago The Campanian Archipelago Italian language Italian Arcipelago Campano is an archipelago in Tyrrhenian Sea , in southwestern Italy . It comprises 5 islands Capri , Ischia , Nisida , Procida and Vivara , each of which is part of the province of Naples . The ancient name of this archipelago was Isole Partenopee The Partenopee Islands and it was originally extended to Pontine Islands . Nowadays, these islands are considered part of a different archipelago. Campania Campania geo stub coord 40.6671 14.0955 dim 30000 region IT display title Category Islands of Campania de Kampanischer Archipel es Archipi lago Campano fr Archipel campanien hr Kampanijsko oto je it Arcipelago Campano la Parthenopae insulae nl Campanische Archipel no Campano yene nn Campano yane sl Neapeljsko oto je ... more details
Orphan date April 2010 The Oura Archipelago is a group of islands near the city of Pori in Finland . It is a part of the municipality of Merikarvia . The archipelago consists of approximately 300 islands. The Oura Archipelago is famous for the annual Oura Opera Festival. Finland geo stub coord 60 29 40 N 21 25 41 E source kolossus eswiki display title Category Islands of Finland es Archipi lago Oura fi Ouran saaristo ... more details
Location map Atlantic Ocean label Wilhelm Archipelago lon dir W lat dir S lat deg 65 lat min 8 lon deg 64 lon min 20 position right width 300 float right mark Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 20 caption Location of the Wilhelm Archipelago Image Booth Island.jpg left 250px thumb Booth Island from the south, Lemaire Channel barely visible on the right Wilhelm Archipelago Coord 65 8 S 64 20 W display inline,title is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica . Wilhelm Archipelago consists of a myriad of islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island . The archipelago extends from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock , off the west coast of Graham Land . It was discovered by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann , 1873 74. He named them for Wilhelm I , then Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. See also Southwind Passage usgs gazetteer Category Islands of Antarctica Category Archipelagoes of the Southern Ocean Category Wilhelm Archipelago WilhelmArchipelago geo stub de Wilhelm Archipel es Archipi lago Wilhelm fr Archipel Wilhelm it Arcipelago Wilhelm no Wilhelm Archipelago pt Arquip lago Wilhelm ... more details
unreferenced date March 2009 File Alor.png thumb 400px right Location of Alor archipelago File Sirung volcano, Pantar island, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.jpg thumb 180px right Pantar, one of islands File Kangge island, next to Pantar island, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.jpg thumb 180px right Kangge, one of the smallest islands in archipelago The Alor Archipelago is located at the easternmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands . Alor Island Alor is the largest island in the archipelago which is located at its eastern end. Other islands in the archipelago include Pantar , Kepa , Buaya , Ternate Alor not to be confused with Ternate , North Maluku North Moluccas , Pura Indonesia Pura and Tereweng . Administratively, the Alor archipelago forms its own Alor Regency regency Indonesian kabupaten within the province of East Nusa Tenggara . The Regency is divided into seventeen subdistricts and 158 villages, and has a population estimated in 2008 at 180,487. To the east of the archipelago is the Ombai Strait , which separates it from the islands of Wetar and Atauro , the latter belonging to East Timor . To the south, across the Strait of Alor , lies the western part of Timor . To the north lies the Banda Sea . To the west lies the rest of the Sunda Islands . External links wikitravel Alor Archipelago Van Galen s Memorandum on the Alor Islands in 1946, part 1 http lnu.se polopoly fs 1.24684 HumaNetten 2C 20Nr 2025 2C 20v C3 A5ren 202010.pdf Van Galen s Memorandum on the Alor Islands in 1946, part 2 http lnu.se polopoly fs 1.61220 Nr 27 2C hosten 2011.pdf portal Indonesia coord 8.25 S 124.75 E source kolossus frwiki display title Category Alor Archipelago Category Archipelagoes of Indonesia Category Lesser Sunda Islands ENusaTenggara geo stub ar cs Alorsk souostrov nl Alorarchipel pl Wyspy Alor pt Arquip lago de Alor zh ... more details
The Solomon Archipelago is a marine ecoregion of the Pacific Ocean . It includes the tropical ocean waters surrounding most of the Solomon Islands excluding the Santa Cruz Islands , which are part of the Vanuatu marine ecoregion , and the waters surrounding the Bougainville Province Bougainville , Buka , and Tabar Islands of Papua New Guinea . According to the WWF Nature Conservancy system, the Solomon Archipelago is part of the Eastern Coral Triangle marine province of the Central Indo Pacific marine realm . References Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. Marine Ecoregions of the World A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas . Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July August 2007, pp. 573 583. commons Category Solomon Archipelago Solomon Archipelago ecoregion stub Category Marine ecoregions ... more details
Infobox islands name Ross Archipelago image name image caption locator map RossIsland pos.png map caption nickname location Antarctica coordinates Coord 77 30 S 167 0 E display inline,title archipelago total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population 0 population as of density km2 ethnic groups country Antarctica additional info Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System Ross Archipelago Coord 77 30 S 167 0 E is a convenient name for that group of islands which, together with the ice shelf between them, forms the eastern and southern boundaries of McMurdo Sound . The most northerly is Beaufort Island , then comes Ross Island , the Dellbridge Islands , and Black Island Ross Archipelago Black Island and White Island Ross Archipelago White Island . Frank Debenham s classic report, The Physiography of the Ross Archipelago , 1923, described Brown Island now Brown Peninsula as a part of the group. See also Composite Antarctic Gazetteer List of Antarctic and sub Antarctic islands List of Antarctic and sub Antarctic islands List of Antarctic islands south of 60 S List of Antarctic islands south of 60 S Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR Territorial claims in Antarctica References references External links usgs gazetteer Category Ross Archipelago RossDependency geo stub de Ross Archipel fr Archipel de Ross ... more details
About the archipelago indigenous peoples Chono people and Chonos tribe Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Chonos.jpg thumb right 250px Satellite image of Los Lagos Region Los Lagos and Ais n Region . Chonos Archipelago is marked with dark blue, Guaitecas Archipelago with light blue and Chilo Archipelago is marked with red. Image Archipielago de los Chonos.jpg thumb right 250px Chonos Archipelago can be seen in the upper right portion of the image. Chonos Archipelago Lang es Archipi lago de los Chonos is a series of low mountainous elongated island s with deep bays, traces of a submerged Chilean Coast Range . Most of the islands are forested with little or no human settlement. The deep Moraleda Channel separates the islands of the Chonos Archipelago from the mainland of Chile and from Magdalena Island, Aysen, Chile Magdalena Island . The largest islands are Melchor Island , Benjamin Island , Traiguen Island , Riveros Island , Cuptana Island , James Island Chile James Island , Victoria Island Chile Victoria Island , Simpson Island , Level Island , Luz Island . Far out in the Pacific is Guamblin Island with the Isla Guamblin National Park . The National park comprises about 106 km . Blue whales can often be seen here. Some groups of islands are grouped into minor archipelagoes such as the Guaitecas Archipelago . Guaitecas Archipelago have its own municipality and possesses the only settlement in the archipelago, Melinka, Chile Melinka . All islands are part of the Ais n Region . coord 45.1333 S 73.95 W source kolossus dewiki display title Category Archipelagoes of Chile Category Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean Category Islands of Ais n Region Category Ecoregions of Chile Ais n geo stub ca Arxip lag dels Chonos de Chonos Archipel es Archipi lago de los Chonos fr Archipel des Chonos gl Arquip lago dos Chonos ka lt onoso salynas pt Arquip lago de Chonos sv Archipielago de los Chonos tr Chonos Tak madalar uk zh ... more details
The Tudjuh Archipelago Lang id Kepulauan Tujuh ref http geographic.org geographic names name.php?uni 3752200&fid 2586&c indonesia Kepulauan Tudjuh Indonesia Geographical Names Information Technology Associates ref is a large group of islands in northwestern Indonesia , off of the west and northwest coast of the Borneo in the South China Sea . Administratively the islands belong to the Riau Islands Riau Islands province of Indonesia . The Tudjuh Archipelago consists of four island groups, the Badas Islands , the Tambelan archipelago Tambelan Islands , the Natuna Islands , and the Anambas Islands . The southwesternmost extent of the archipelago is 1 04 S latitude, 105 10 E longitude. Notes Reflist Further reading National Geospatial intelligence Agency 2005 http permanent.access.gpo.gov websites pollux pollux.nss.nima.mil NAV PUBS SD pub163 163sec01.pdf Borneo Northwest Coast and Kepulauan Tudjuh Sailing directions enroute Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara United States National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Category Riau Islands Province Category Tudjuh Archipelago zh ... more details
Oskarshamn archipelago is a cluster of island and islets in the Baltic Sea , located in the south east of Sweden within the borders of Oskarshamn municipality. General description The archipelago extends roughly 55 kilometers in a north south direction, with a chain of islands along the coastline of Sm land . The archipelago consists of approximately 5,500 islands and islets. Most of the islands consist of granite rock. The bedrock has been shaped and smoothed by the glaciers at the end of the last ice age , about 11,000 years ago. The largest island named Runn is located in the south part of the archipelago. Other larger islands are Bl Jungfrun national park , Fur , Stor , Ek and Vin . Boat travelling There are tourist boats which cruise the waters of Oskarshamn archipelago. There are also five guest harbours for leisure boating, for example in Oskarshamn and in Figeholm as well as natural harbours on many of the islands. Gallery gallery File Oskarshamns sk rg rd.jpg Island outside Oskarshamn . File Bl Jungfrun.jpg Bl Jungfrun National Park . File Furon.JPG Fur n . gallery coord 57 13.122 N 16 29.598 E display title DEFAULTSORT Oskarshamn Archipelago Category Archipelagoes of the Baltic Sea Category Islands of Sweden es Archipi lago de Oskarshamn nn Oskarshamns skjergard sv Oskarshamns sk rg rd ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Archipelago Type Live Album Artist Land band LAND Cover Archipelago.jpg Released 1997 Recorded 1996 1997 Genre Jazz br Rock music Rock br Electronic music br World Music Length 62 19 Label Periplum Producer Jeff Greinke , Doug Haire Reviews Last album Land Land album Land br 1995 This album Archipelago 1997 Next album Road Movies album Road Movies br 2001 Archipelago is the second album by the United States American group Land band Land , who blend jazz , rock music rock , and world music . A May, 1996 in music 1996 concert broadcast formed the basis for most of the album, Archipelago . Deep , the final track for Archipelago , was recorded in February 1997 in music 1997 , ref name Edge Archipelago cite web title Archipelago publisher The Edge url http www.the edge.ws greinke archipelago.html accessdate ref with finishing touches completed in July. ref name Greinke Ambi cite web last Greinke first Jeff authorlink Jeff Greinke title Jeff Greinke, Places of Motility Interview publisher AmbiEntrance date 1998 08 19 url http www.spiderbytes.com ambientrance greinke.htm accessdate 2007 11 16 ref The album was released on the Periplum label later that year. ref name Edge Archipelago Peter Monaghan, writing for Earshot Jazz magazine, describes Archipelago, in part LAND, on its second album, continues to construct transporting, otherworldly terrains of rich melody, washes of acoustic and electric sound, and pulsing and jangling rhythm. Add to that fine improv by all band members... Track listing small All songs composed by Land band Land small Deep 9 10 Motility 9 59 Quake 7 54 Stream 7 55 Hill 7 27 Kata 6 30 Frame 5 13 Tell 8 11 ... References CD Liner notes Allmusic Allmusic class album id r460884 pure url yes Archipelago Overview Retrieved November 28, 2007. Discogs http www.discogs.com release 330671 Archipelago Retrieved ... LAND Archipelago DEFAULTSORT Archipelago Album Category Land albums Category 1997 live albums ... more details
Location map Indian Ocean label Dampier Archipelago lon dir E lat dir S lat deg 20 lat min 32 lon deg 116 lon min 36 position left width 300 float right mark Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 20 caption Location of the Dampier Archipelago in the Indian Ocean Image Burrupmap.png thumb 300px right Map of Dampier Archipelago and Burrup Peninsula The Dampier Archipelago coord 20.581 S 116.6 E is a group of islands near Dampier, Western Australia . It is named after William Dampier , an English buccaneer and explorer who visited in 1699 . Dampier named one of the islands, Rosemary Island . History The largest island or peninsula in the group was known as Burrup Peninsula Murujuga by the earliest inhabitants, the Jaburara Yaburara or Jaburara people. ref name AusAnthrop cite web title AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database Jaburara publisher AusAnthrop url http www.ausanthrop.net resources ausanthrop db detail.php?id search 136 accessdate 2008 06 21 ref The first United Kingdom British settlers renamed it Dampier Island and it was later officially renamed Murujuga Burrup Peninsula . Marine Resources Despite being a region through which considerable shipping and industrial activity occurs the archipelago has considerable marine resources ref Jones, Diana S. Dampier Archipelago down under . Landscope Como, W.A. , Summer 2003, p. 47 52 ref Indigenous heritage In 1868, the area was the site of the Flying Foam massacre , in which between 20 and 150 members of the Yaburara are reported to have been killed. Notes reflist References Chittleborough, R. G., The Dampier Archipelago marine study a progress report , Perth, W.A. Dept.of Conservation and Environment, Bulletin 141. 1983. coord 20 32 S 116 36 E region AU type isle display title Category Dampier Archipelago Category Islands of Western Australia Category Pilbara br Enezeg Dampier de Dampier Archipel es Archipi lago Dampier fr Archipel Dampier pl Archipelag Dampiera ... more details
one source date December 2009 Calbuco Archipelago is located in Llanquihue Province , Los Lagos Region , Chile . The archipelago is composed of 14 islands. List of islands Calbuco Island Caica n Island Puluqui Poluqui Tab n Island Chile Tab n Island Helvecia Island Chaull n Tautil Quenu Chidhuapi Maillen Queul n Guar Huar Abtao Island ... External links http www.canal5.cl calbuco coord missing Chile Category Archipelagoes of Chile Chile geo stub ... more details
Coord 58.24956 N 16.96463 E display title Image stg task rg rden karta.png thumb Map of sterg tland archipelago The sterg tland archipelago is the collective name of three archipelago es located to the east of the shore of sterg tland , Sweden , spanning three municipalities of Sweden municipalities . It consists of 8,888 islands. ref cite web url http www.scb.se statistik MI MI0812 2008A01 MI0812 2008A01 SM MI50SM0901.pdf title Swedish islands publisher SCB, The Swedish Statistics Agency accessdate 18 March 2011 ref It measures more than 60 kilometers from north to south and five kilometers west to east. The archipelago s northern end adjoins the bay of Br viken ref cite web url http kartor.eniro.se m IBoHh title Map showing the border between sterg tland and S dermanland publisher Eniro accessdate 18 March 2011 ref and is centered around Ark sund , off the Vikbolandet peninsula and forms part of Norrk ping Municipality . The central part is called Sankt Anna s archipelago and is part of S derk ping Municipality . The southernmost part is the Gryt archipelago in Valdemarsvik Municipality , and adjoins the Tjust archipelago in Sm land . ref cite web url http kartor.eniro.se m IBcpA title Map showing the border between sterg tland and Kalmar County in Sm land publisher Eniro accessdate 18 March 2011 ref Communications The three municipalities run the tour boat operation Sk rg rdslinjen in the summer months, with regular scheduled boat travels along the coast. The county s stg tatrafiken is responsible for the landbound mass transit in the area. References references External links http www.ostgotaskargarden.se stg task rg rden sv icon DEFAULTSORT Ostergotland Archipelago Category Archipelagoes of the Baltic Sea Category sterg tland sterg tland geo stub sv stg task rg rden ... more details
The Patagonic Archipelago is an archipelago on the southwest of coast of South America covering about one third of Chile s coast. Situated between the Chacao Channel and Drake s Passage it covers large parts of Chilean Ais n Region Ais n and Magallanes Region . Due to its position between the south Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean Pacific , it has strategic waterways such as the Strait of Magellan and Beagle Channel . Chile geo stub Category Patagonia Category Geography of Chile ... more details
Infobox islands name Marshall Archipelago image name image caption locator map nickname location Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica coordinates coor dm 77 0 S 148 30 W archipelago total islands 8 major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population 0 population as of density km2 0 ethnic groups country Antarctica additional info Marshall Archipelago coor dm 77 0 S 148 30 W display inline,title is an extensive group of large ice covered islands within Sulzberger Ice Shelf . Several of the islands were discovered and plotted by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition s 1928 30 and 1933 35 and by the United States Antarctic Service USAS 1939 41 , all led by Richard E. Byrd Admiral Byrd . The full extent of the archipelago was mapped by United States Geological Survey USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos 1959 65 . The naming was proposed by Admiral Byrd for General of the Army ... Island in the Marshall Archipelago. Main article Cronenwett Island Cronenwett Island Coord 77 0 S 150 0 W is an island convert 20 nmi km 1 in length making it the longest island in the archipelago. The island lies between Vollmer Island and Steventon Island in the Marshall Archipelago. Although ... Archipelago. Main article Grinder Island Grinder Island coor dm 77 34 S 149 20 W is an island ... 13 nautical miles 24 km southwest of Steventon Island within the Marshall Archipelago. Main ... and Guest Peninsula lying within the Marshall Archipelago. Main article Kramer Island Kramer Island ... Nolan Island and Court Ridge in the Marshall Archipelago. Main article Madden Island Madden Island ... Island and Grinder Island in the Marshall Archipelago. Main article Orr Island Orr Island coor ... km southwest of Grinder Island in the Marshall Archipelago. Main article Przybyszewski Island Przybyszewski ... 3 nautical miles 6 km east of Cronenwett Island in the Marshall Archipelago. Barela Rock appears ... Archipelago. usgs gazetteer MarieByrdLand geo stub Category Islands of Marie Byrd Land ... more details
Infobox islands name Nordenski ld Archipelago local name native name lang ru image ... Archipelago. image size locator map Kara sea NA.PNG thumb map caption Location of the Nordenski ld Archipelago in the Kara Sea locator map size nickname location Kara Sea coordinates archipelago Nordenski ld Archipelago total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation ... Nordenshelda2x.PNG thumb left The Nordenski ld Archipelago including some Siberian coastal islands. The Nordenski ld Archipelago or Nordenskjold Archipelago lang ru or Arkhipelag ... 90 cold, windswept and desolate islands in this archipelago. These are mainly formed by igneous rock ... in any island of the archipelago. The Nordenski ld Archipelago stretches for almost ... Taymyr Island , Nansen Island Kara Sea Nansena Island . The Nordenski ld Archipelago has been divided ... , also Dzhekman Islands coord 76 25 N 95 15 E . The highest point of the archipelago ... coord 77 03 N 96 09 E . Located at the archipelago s northern end, this is the largest island of the Nordenski ld ... Ostrova Kolomeytseva coord 76 56 N 97 48 E . The climate in the Nordenski ld Archipelago is Arctic ... This archipelago was first reported in 1740 by Nikifor Chekin , who accompanied Semion Chelyuskin ... Archipelago, it got stuck in dead water . This is a strange phenomenon that typically occurs in fjord ..., near the Nordenski ld Archipelago, dead water was encountered. This is a peculiar phenomenon ... to get clear of it, but to very little purpose. In 1900 the islands of the Nordenski ld Archipelago ... Russian Academy of Sciences aboard ship Zarya . Toll sent Matisen to make a survey of the archipelago ... Archipelago were charted and named during this effort. Matisen crisscrossed the whole vast frozen area on Dog sled dogsled twice. He divided the archipelago into four of the five main groups ... to navigate through the archipelago on account of the ice. ref William Barr Arctic historian ... more details
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