archipelago
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Leaping from a small boat in choppy waters off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, George Washington jumps on board the only ferry service connecting hundreds of communities across the strategic archipelago.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
The MV Hondius, carrying around 150 people, was anchored off Tenerife, the largest island in the archipelago near northwest Africa, Spain’s Health Ministry said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
The Dutch government said the ship stopped at St Helena on its way to Cape Verde, an archipelago nation off the West African coast.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The Turkish travel vlogger had boarded the ship in Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 to do a story about one of its stops, Tristan da Cunha, the remote archipelago in the South Atlantic.
From Barron's • May 6, 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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