Archipelago vs Island
Everyone knows that an archipelago is quite different from an island. Though “archipelago” and “island” are very much related and one cannot be separated from the other, they are quite different terms.
An island is a land that is surrounded on all the sides by water. Archipelago is the name given to the groups of islands. Caribbean archipelago and Hawaiian archipelago are two best examples of an archipelago. Tobago and Trinidad are the southernmost islands of the Caribbean archipelago. This example clearly defines what an archipelago and an island is.
An island is only part of an archipelago. An island can be called as a subset of an archipelago. As such, an archipelago is wider and larger than an island.
Islands have been divided into four types — continental islands, tectonic islands, coral islands, and oceanic islands. Continental islands are formed from a continental shelf such as the British Isles. Tectonic islands have been formed because of the movement of the Earth’s crust such as the Barbados. Oceanic islands have been formed from raising the ocean depths such as St. Helena. Coral islands have been formed because of the action of minute organisms known as coral polyps.
When comparing an archipelago and an island, the former ones have more beautiful water parks and beaches. Archipelagos are really more beautiful than islands, and as such they are more visited than islands. The beauty of an archipelago is because it is a conglomeration and collection of many islands and, as such, these islands are an abode of beautiful beaches. Even though islands have beautiful beaches, the archipelagos are the real abode of stunning beauty.
Summary:
1.An island is a land that is surrounded on all the sides by water. Archipelago is the name given to the groups of islands.
2.Caribbean archipelago and Hawaiian archipelago are two of the best examples of an archipelago. Tobago and 3.Trinidad are the southernmost islands of the Caribbean archipelago. This example clearly defines what an archipelago and an island is.
4.An island is only part of an archipelago. An island can be called a subset of an archipelago. As such, an archipelago is wider and larger than an island.
5.When comparing an archipelago and an island, the former ones have more beautiful water parks and beaches. 6.Archipelagos are really more beautiful than islands, and as such they are more visited than the islands.
7.Islands have been divided into four types — continental islands, tectonic islands, coral islands, and oceanic islands.