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Peninsula vs. Archipelago — What's the Difference?

Peninsula vs. Archipelago — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Peninsula and Archipelago

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Peninsula

A peninsula (Latin: paeninsula from paene 'almost' and insula 'island') is a landform surrounded by water on most of its border while being connected to a mainland from which it extends. The surrounding water is usually understood to be continuous, though not necessarily named as a single body of water.

Archipelago

An archipelago ( (listen) ARK-ih-PEL-ə-goh), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. The Indonesian Archipelago, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Lakshadweep Islands, the Galápagos Islands, the Japanese Archipelago, the Philippine Archipelago, the Maldives, the Balearic Isles, the Bahamas, the Aegean Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Canary Islands, Malta, the Azores, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the British Isles, the islands of the Archipelago Sea, and Shetland are all examples of well-known archipelagos.

Peninsula

A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

Archipelago

A large group of islands
The Philippine archipelago.

Peninsula

A piece of land that juts out from a larger land mass and is mostly surrounded by water.
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Archipelago

A sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands.

Peninsula

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

Archipelago

The Aegean Sea.

Peninsula

A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

Archipelago

(collective) A group of islands.

Peninsula

A large mass of land projecting into a body of water

Archipelago

(by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
The Gulag Archipelago

Archipelago

The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.

Archipelago

Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

Archipelago

A group of many islands in a large body of water

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