archipelago
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The Channel Islands, an archipelago that includes three additional islands outside the park, are nicknamed the “Galapagos of North America” for the flora and fauna found only there.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Land is already so scarce across the archipelago -- halfway between Australia and Hawaii -- that the international airport runway doubles as a makeshift sports field.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The crew found itself off the coast of Palau, an archipelago of some 340 small islands in the Pacific with a total land area of 189 square miles.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Pope Leo XIV, who is due to visit the Canary Islands next month, thanked the Atlantic archipelago for its solidarity during a Sunday prayer at the Vatican.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Like Tonga, Hawaii became a political entity encompassing several populous islands, but one confined to a single archipelago because of its extreme isolation.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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