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Legal Terms - Archipelago
An archipelago is a group of islands, together with parts of islands, interconnected seas, and other natural characteristics, that are intimately tied to each other. This collection of islands forms a geographical, economic, and political entity, or has been traditionally considered as such. An illustration of this concept is the Galápagos Islands. On the other hand, the Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) has provided a definition for an archipelagic state as a state that consists of one or many archipelagos, and it may also encompass additional islands. The Bahamas is an example of an archipelagic state.
An archipelago is a group of islands, together with parts of islands, interconnected seas, and other natural characteristics, that are intimately tied to each other. This collection of islands forms a geographical, economic, and political entity, or has been traditionally considered as such. An illustration of this concept is the Galápagos Islands. On the other hand, the Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) has provided a definition for an archipelagic state as a state that consists of one or many archipelagos, and it may also encompass additional islands. The Bahamas is an example of an archipelagic state.
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